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Reading Rochester

by Burns, Edward

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

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.

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