{"product_id":"the-oxford-english-literary-history-volume-v-1645-1714-the-later-seventeenth-century-9780198183112","title":"The Oxford English Literary History: Volume V: 1645-1714: The Later Seventeenth Century","description":"The \u003cem\u003eOxford English Literary History\u003c\/em\u003e is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEach of these thirteen groundbreaking volumes offers a leading scholar's considered assessment of the authors, works, cultural traditions, events, and ideas that shaped the literary voices of their age. The series will enlighten and inspire not only everyone studying, teaching, and researching in English Literature, but all serious readers. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis volume covers the period 1645-1714, and removes the traditional literary period labels and boundaries used in earlier studies to categorize the literary culture of late seventeenth-century England. It invites readers to explore the continuities and the literary innovations occurring during six turbulent decades, as English readers and writers lived through unprecedented events including a King tried and executed by Parliament and another exiled, the creation of the national entity 'Great Britain', and an expanding English awareness of the New World as well as encounters with the cultures of Asia and the subcontinent. The period saw the establishment of new concepts of authorship and it saw a dramatic increase of women working as professional, commercial writers. London theatres closed by law in 1642 reopened with new forms of entertainments from musical theatrical spectaculars to contemporary comedies of manners with celebrity actors and actresses. Emerging literary forms such as\u003cbr\u003eepistolary fictions and topical essays were circulated and promoted by new media including newspapers, periodical publications, and advertising and laws were changing governing censorship and taking the initial steps in the development of copyright. It was a period which produced some of the most profound and influential literary expressions of religious faith from John Milton's \u003cem\u003eParadise Lost\u003c\/em\u003e and John Bunyan's \u003cem\u003ePilgrim's Progress\u003c\/em\u003e, while simultaneously giving rise to a culture of libertinism and savage polemical satire, as well as fostering the new dispassionate discourses of experimental sciences and the conventions of popular romance.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Margaret J. M. Ezell\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/14\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 560\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.60h x 5.40w x 1.80d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780198183112\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMargaret J. M. Ezell, \u003cem\u003eDistinguished Professor of English and John and Sara Lindsey Chair of Liberal Arts, Texas A\u0026amp;M University\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMargaret J. M. Ezell is a Distinguished Professor of English and the John and Sara Lindsey Chair of Liberal Arts at Texas A\u0026amp;M University. She received her degrees from Wellesley College and Cambridge University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Oxford University Press, USA","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":40973315276915,"sku":"9.7802E+12","price":143.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_77be9a99-c071-45e8-94ff-b84924452994.jpg?v=1695824743","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/the-oxford-english-literary-history-volume-v-1645-1714-the-later-seventeenth-century-9780198183112","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}