This anthology brings together a stimulating and entertaining collection of works from the confident and creative period of 1660-1700. The literature of this ti

Restoration is a dazzling romp through 17th-century England. The main character Robert Merivel not only embodies the contradictions of his era, but ours as well

Literary and cultural changes reflecting new commercial and imperial interests of Restoration Britain.

Fourteen specially commissioned essays provide essential information about staging, playwrights, themes and genres in the drama of the Restoration.

Introduces the elements considered essential to English literature, in which writing became more personal and had a new sense of humanity.