The forty years after the Restoration produced Dryden’s satires and heroic plays, the comedies of Etherege, Wycherley and Congreve, the lyrics of the Cavalier wits, and new prose in criticism, philosophy and history. Richard Garnett, the British Museum’s Keeper of Printed Books, surveys them all with Dryden at the centre.
A compact, opinionated guide to Restoration literature for readers of Dryden, Pepys and the stage comedies. Download the free EPUB.