Building on the strength of Keith Walker's acclaimed The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the work of one the greatest Restoration wits. Includes the text of Lucina's Rape, Rochester's adaptation of Fletcher's revenge tragedy Valentinian, in a text that readily identifies Rochester's revisions Presents the poems in versions that were current during Rochester's lifetime, allowing the reader to experience the poems as ...
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Building on the strength of Keith Walker's acclaimed The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the work of one the greatest Restoration wits. Includes the text of Lucina's Rape, Rochester's adaptation of Fletcher's revenge tragedy Valentinian, in a text that readily identifies Rochester's revisions Presents the poems in versions that were current during Rochester's lifetime, allowing the reader to experience the poems as Rochester's contemporaries did Incorporates insights and discoveries made over the last twenty-five years and texts of manuscripts that previously were unavailable for study
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New. Building on the strength of Keith Walker s acclaimed The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the work of one the greatest Restoration wits. Editor(s): Walker, Keith; Fisher, Nicholas. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456. 2013. 1st Edition. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Fine in Very Good+ jacket. First edition thus, 2010, hardcover with black cloth boards in dust jacket, large octavo, 260pp., sparsely illustrated in b&w. Book fine, binding tight, text clean bright and unmarked. DJ VG+ with mild edgewear and rubbing.
