{"product_id":"john-wilmot-earl-of-rochester-the-poems-and-lucinas-rape-paperback-softback-9781118438794","title":"John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; The Poems and Lucina's Rape (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118438794","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eJohn Wilmot, Earl of Rochester\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Poems and Lucina's Rape\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“At last, an indispensable edition of Rochester for all scholars and teachers of the Restoration period. The drama \u003ci\u003eValentinian\/Lucina's Rape\u003c\/i\u003e is literally a revelation, over one thousand lines of authentic Rochester now visible in bold type.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJames Grantham Turner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Fisher’s edition of Rochester is not only a fitting and loving tribute to two great Rochesterians, Keith Walker and Harold Love: it is a considerable work of independent scholarship, providing an unmodernized text fully informed by the most authoritative manuscript sources and intelligently annotated. A delicious bonus is the inclusion of Rochester’s version of John Fletcher’s tragedy \u003ci\u003eValentinian\u003c\/i\u003e entitled \u003ci\u003eLucina’s Rape\u003c\/i\u003e. Rochester is one of the most influential writers not to have appeared extensively in print in his own lifetime. This important edition enables us to understand that influence and evaluate it anew.”—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBrean Hammond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Nottingham\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For scholars of seventeenth-century libertine culture and poetry lovers with a penchant for old-school smut, Rochester's verse holds abiding interest. Walker's and Fisher's edition makes these verses accessible to a broad audience, their exhaustive annotations and introductory material offering contextual information invaluable to readers new to this author, or indeed to the seventeenth century.\" (\u003ci\u003eM\/C Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e, October 2010)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKeith Walker (Edited by), N Fisher (Author), Nicholas Fisher (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118438794, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 26 April 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e304 pages\u003cbr\u003e24.6 x 17.3 x 1.6 cm, 0.458 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eBuilding on the strength of Keith Walker’s acclaimed \u003ci\u003eThe Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester\u003c\/i\u003e (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the work of one the greatest Restoration wits.  \u003cul type=\"disc\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes the text of Lucina’s Rape, Rochester’s adaptation of Fletcher’s revenge tragedy \u003ci\u003eValentinian,\u003c\/i\u003e in a text that readily identifies Rochester’s revisions\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003ePresents the poems in versions that were current during Rochester’s lifetime, allowing the reader to experience the poems as Rochester’s contemporaries did\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncorporates insights and discoveries made over the last twenty-five years and texts of manuscripts that previously were unavailable for study\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eList of Illustrations viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNote on This Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChronology xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xvii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAbbreviations xxxii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePoems\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJuvenilia 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLove Poems 5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTranslations 56\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrologues and Epilogues 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSatires and Lampoons 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems to Mulgrave and Scroope 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpigrams, Impromptus, Jeux d’esprit, etc. 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePoems Less Securely Attributed to Rochester 138\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLucina’s Rape or the Tragedy of Vallentinian 161\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Proper Names 253\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Titles and First Lines 257\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52417774846232,"sku":"9781118438794","price":29.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781118438794.jpg?v=1784508248","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/john-wilmot-earl-of-rochester-the-poems-and-lucinas-rape-paperback-softback-9781118438794","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}