The Complete Poems Of John Wilmot, Earl Of Rochester
David M. Vieth
Yale University Press (2002)
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Poetry / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Rochester, John Wilmot
Paperback 9780300097139
English
John Wilmot, the notorious Earl of Rochester, was the darling of the polished, profligate court of Charles II. One of the finest poets of the Restoration, patron to important playwrights, model for countless witty young rakes in Restoration comedies, he lived a full but short life, dying in 1680 (with a dramatic deathbed renunciation of his atheism) at the age of thirty-three. This edition of Rochester's poetry, brilliantly annotated and introduced by David M. Vieth, has been a classic work for decades. Rochester had many admirers: Graham Greene wrote Lord Rochester's Monkey; Daniel Defoe quoted him often; Tennyson recited his poems; Voltaire admired his satire for 'energy and fire'; Goethe could quote him in English; and Hazlitt said that 'his verses cut and sparkle like diamonds' and that 'his contempt for everything that others respect almost amounts to sublimity'. Book jacket.
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Dewey 821
Cover Price $26.00
No. of Pages 256
Height x Width 7.6 x 5.0  inch
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