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Product Description English Restoration writing, known for its skeptical libertinism, addressed social mores, the arts, economics, politics, cynicism, religion, philosophy, and youth, class, and gender. The anthology begins with excerpts from Hobbes’s ÂLeviathan and includes Behn’s ÂThe Rover, Wycherley’s ÂThe Plain Dealer, Shadwell’s ÂThe Virtuoso, and many other selections—all introduced and annotated by James Jensen. About the Author H. JAMES JENSEN is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Indiana University. He is the author of A Glossary of John Dryden's Critical Terms and The Muses' Concord.
