1965 first edtn UNREAD Restoration Literature Laurel Masterpieces Alan Downer pb.

Laurel Masterpeices of World Literature - Restoration

Alan Downer; Arthur Kirsch editors

Published by Dell Publishing, 1965

New and unread paperback, but nearly 60 years old so some foxing spots to text block edges and first and final pages, otherwise pages are clean and crisp. 512 pages . Introduction by Alan S Downer and Arthur C Kirsch. Creases to lower front corner.

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The freedom, even licence, that pervaded English life as a reaction to Puritanism, is most clearly seen in its literature. In this compilation of Restoration writing, we have some of the finest selections in prose and verse exemplifying the spirit of the age. Inter Alia William Congreve, Charles Sackville, Samuel Pepys, John Bunyan, John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester,George etherege, Samuel butler, John Aubrey, John Dryden…