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

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

An ambitious young medical student abandons his studies to revel at the court of King Charles II.

This book explores the literary and cultural rebuilding of London after the Great Fire of 1666.

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