The Works of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

By John Wilmot

Book Overview

John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester (1647-80), was a leading member of the group of "court wits" surrounding Charles II and one of the wittiest and most sexually explicit poets in English. In this long-awaited edition, Harold Love, a leading scholar of seventeenth-century manuscript circulation, presents a scholarly text based on detailed examination of Wilmot's manuscripts, with full textual and explanatory notes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198183674
• ISBN13: 9780198183679
• Release Date: July 1999
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 766 Pages
• Weight: 2.39 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.9" x 6.0" x 8.6"