Description
The Restoration And The Augustans – 5 Vols Critical Heritage set: This set comprises of separate volumes on: Earl of Rochester, John Dryden, William Congreve, Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift. Routledge is pleased to publish the Collected edition of the Critical Heritage series.The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer’s work, enabling student and reserchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare’s plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen’s novels. The carefully selected sources range from landmark essays in the history of criticism to journalism and contemporary opinion, and little published documentary material such as letters and diaries. Significant pieces of criticism from later periods are also included, in order to demonstrate the fluctuations in an author’s reputation. Each volume contains an introduction to the writer’s published works, authors and subjects.
Books in Set
John Dryden | James Kinsley,Helen Kinsley |
Earl Of Rochester | David Farley-Hills |
William Congreve | Alexander Lindsay,Howard Erskine-Hill John Barnard |
Alexander Pope | John Barnard |
Jonathan Swift | Kathleen Williams |