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Reading Rochester

by Burns, Edward

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A collection of essays exploring all aspects of one of the most controversial English poets, the 17th-century libertine The Earl of Rochester. Different sections focus on sexual politics, on the poetry of intellect and on Rochester and his contemporaries.

Criticism and interpretationEnglish Verse satireHistory and criticismEnglish Love poetryOfRochester, john wilmot, earl of, 1647-1680English literature, history and criticism, early modern, 1500-1700