Cambridge History English Literature 1660–1780 Hardcover 9780521781442

The Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660\u20131780 (The New Cambridge History of English Literature)\nCambridge University Press\nHardcover\nUnused and unread, minor cosmetic imperfections such as scuffing or minor creasing. Stamped 'damaged' by publisher to a non-text page.\nEAN: 9780521781442\nPublished 06/01/2005\nLanguage: English\nThe Cambridge History of English Literature, 1660\u00C3\u00A2\u00E2\u201A\u00AC\u00E2\u20AC\u01531780 offers readers discussions of the entire range of literary expression from the Restoration to the end of the eighteenth century. In essays by thirty distinguished scholars, recent historical perspectives and new critical approaches and methods are brought to bear on the classic authors and texts of the period. Forgotten or neglected authors and themes as well as new and emerging genres within the expanding marketplace for printed matter during the eighteenth century receive special attention and emphasis. The volume's guiding purpose is to ex.