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An Adaptation of the Rover (The Banished Cavaliers)
by John Barton, Aphra Behn, Simon Trussler, Royal Shakespeare Company

ISBN 0413405508 (0-413-40550-8)
Softcover, Methuen

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The Age of Religious Wars, 1559-1715
by Richard S. Dunn

ISBN 0393961508 (0-393-96150-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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Beginning with Seamus Heaney's brilliant new translation of Beowulf, and continuing through ten centuries of remarkable literature to the contemporary works of Derek Walcott, J. M. Coetzee, Nadine Gordimer, and Salman Rushdie, the new Major Authors edition is a library between two covers--an indispensable addition to the family bookshelf. [via]
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Asimov's Annotated Paradise Lost
by John Milton, Isaac Asimov

ISBN 0385079923 (0-385-07992-3)
Hardcover, Bantam Dell Pub Group

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Charles II: His Life and Times
by Antonia Fraser

ISBN 0297832212 (0-297-83221-2)
Hardcover, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

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With Antionia Fraser's abridged biography at its core, this book chronicles the life and times of Charles II. It paints a picture of a glorious but troubled Restoration period, which followed Oliver Cromwell's Puritan Commonwealth, presenting the world in which the king moved: the dress, the manners, the morals, the entertainment and the society. [via]
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El Paraiso Perdido / Paradise Lost
by John Milton

ISBN 8437605911 (84-376-0591-1)
Softcover, Catedra Ediciones

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El Paraíso Perdido es la obra de toda una vida dedicada a la literatura, como se desprende del paralelismo de algunas partes de la misma con otros escritos de John Milton (1608-1667).
Dedicado a la política durante un tiempo de la mano de Oliveiro Cromwell, Milton reúne en su literatura todo el enriquecimiento que le aportan los distintos escenarios de su vida diplomática.
Junta a ello su obra irradia el convencimiento pleno en la religión cristiana heredada del mensaje de su padre, un convencido católico ex protestante. Esta segunda parte la desarrola plenamente en este poema bíblico religioso de reminiscencias dantescas.
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John Milton's Paradise Lost
by John Milton, Harold Bloom

ISBN 0877544212 (0-87754-421-2)
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John Milton's Paradise Lost reveals much about the relationship between God, the world, and the human race. For Milton, the human condition consists of a tension between demonic and sacred vices. Thus, the human race stands divided against itself and is forever expelled from Eden.
The title, John Miltons Paradise Lost, part of Chelsea House Publishers Modern Critical Interpretations series, presents the most important 20th-century criticism on John Miltons Paradise Lost through extracts of critical essays by well-known literary critics. This collection of criticism also features a short biography on John Milton, a chronology of the authors life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. [via]
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Lord Rochester's Monkey: Being the Life of John Wilmot, Second Earl of Rochester
by Graham Greene

ISBN 0140101543 (0-14-010154-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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"Lord Rochester's Monkey" was written between 1931 and 1934 and, because of the reputation of its subject, the notorious Restoration libertine and poet, the book failed to find a publisher. Rochester was the most prominent of rakes. He was also a fine lyrical and satirical poet whose work, in Greene's opinion, has been greatly underestimated, being overshadowed by his life of lechery and drunkenness, wild pranks and practical jokes. At court, Charles II suffered but respected Rochester's coruscating satires, joined in his erotic escapades and rewarded him with distinctions. Yet the last thirteen years of his life were "clouded by the fumes of drink" and literary quarrels. On his deathbed in 1680 - he was only 33 - he called for Dr Burnet and repented. His friend Etheridge wrote of him: "I know he is a devil, but had something of the angel yet undefac'd in him". [via]
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Milton's Paradise Lost
by John Milton, Gustave Dore

ISBN 1841932515 (1-84193-251-5)
Hardcover, Arcturus Pub

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Milton follows many classical examples by personifying characters such as Death, Chaos, Mammon, and Sin. These characters interact with the more traditional Christian characters of Adam, Eve, Satan, various angels, and God. He takes as his basis the basic biblical text of the creation and fall of humanity (thus, 'Paradise Lost'), which has taken such hold in the English-speaking world that many images have attained in the popular mind an almost biblical truth to them (in much the same way that popular images of Hell owe much to Dante's Inferno). The text of Genesis was very much in vogue in the mid-1600s (much as it is today) and Paradise Lost attained an almost instant acclaim.
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature
by Meyer Howard Abrams, Stephen Greenblatt

ISBN 0393151085 (0-393-15108-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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Majors authors edition. This book presents a rich selection of the best and most characteristic writings of thirty-one masters of English literature. [via]
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Norton Anthology of English Literature
by M. H. Abrams

ISBN 0393950514 (0-393-95051-4)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

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This anthology covers writers and works of English literature. Among the major works included are the complete texts of Milton's "Paradise Lost" and Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein"; Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"; Beckett's tragicomic "Endgame"; and Achebe's "Things Fall Apart". The 7th edition features works by 60 women writers, 21 writers new to the "Norton Anthology", 20 represented with additional selections or reselected works. Fourteen new and expanded thematic clusters gather short texts that illuminate cultural, historical, and literary concerns within each period. Examining 20th-century literature in English, this edition reflects the global reach of literature in English with ten new authors - Jean Rhys, Chinua Achebe, Alice Munro, V. S. Naipaul, Anita Desai, Les Murray, Salman Rushdie, J. M. Coetzee, Eavan Boland, and Paul Muldoon. "The Persistence of English", a new essay by Geoffrey Nunberg, Stanford University and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center, provides a lively exploration of the English language - its emergence and spread, and its apparent "triumph" as a world language. Visual materials are included from several periods - Hogarth's satiric "Marriage A-la-Mode", engravings by Blake, and illustrations by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Period introductions, author headnotes, annotations, and bibliographies have been thoroughly revised, many completely rewritten, for the 7th Edition. New pedagogical features include timelines for each period and revised endpaper maps. The text is accompanied by 2 audio CDs. [via]
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by Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. Abrams

ISBN 0393925315 (0-393-92531-5)
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Norton Anthology of English Literature: Major Authors
by M. H. Adams

ISBN 039395563X (0-393-95563-X)
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Norton Anthology of English Literature Package
by Greenblatt

ISBN 0393928330 (0-393-92833-0)
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Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published.
Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologiesthorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possibleThe Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool.
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Major Authors
by M. Abrams

ISBN 0393947513 (0-393-94751-3)
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This anthology aims to enable the reader to gauge the achievement of principal authors of English literature by providing examples of their most characteristic work. Works featured range from Beowulf written in the 15th century to contemporary literature from the likes of Larkin and Rushdie. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature Vol. 1 : 16th/17th Century
by M. H. Abrams, Greenblatt

ISBN 0393975665 (0-393-97566-5)
Softcover, Norton & Company Limited, W. W.

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With adoptions at over 1,300 colleges and universities in its first semester; the Seventh Edition of The Norton Anthology of English Literature continues to be the indispensable anthology. Like its predecessors, the Seventh Edition offers the best in English literature from the classic to the contemporary in a readable, teachable format. More selections by women and twentieth-century writers, a richer offering of contextual writings and apparatus fully revised to reflect today's scholarship make the Seventh Edition the choice for breadth, depth, and quality.
For the first time ever, the acclaimed Norton Anthology of English Literature is available in six separate volumes, each of which cover a specific period of English lit and focus on the wide range of writers and literature, with full annotation and commentary. Adapted unabridged from the full Norton Anthology, this volume is ideal for focused study or specific coursework in the period. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, the Major Authors: The Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century
by Stephen Greenblatt, M. H. Abrams

ISBN 0393963381 (0-393-96338-1)
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The acclaimed Norton Anthology of English Literature, Major Authors Edition is now available in two paperbound volumes. Volume A begins with Seamus Heaney's brilliant new translation of Beowulf and continuing through the sixteen, seventeenth, and eighteenth centuries. This new Major Authors edition is a library between two coversan indispensable addition to the family bookshelf. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English: The Major Authors

ISBN 0393969363 (0-393-96936-3)
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Oroonoko, the Rover and Other Works
by Aphra Behn, Janet Todd

ISBN 0140433384 (0-14-043338-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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Paradise Lost
by John Milton, Alastair Fowler

ISBN 1405832789 (1-4058-3278-9)
Softcover, Longman Pub Group

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Paradise Lost, by John Milton, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:
All editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.

As a young student, John Milton fantasized about bringing the poetic elocution of Homer and Virgil to the English language. Milton realized this dream with his graceful, sonorous Paradise Lost, now considered the most influential epic poem in English literature.

A retelling of the biblical story of mankinds fall from grace, Miltons epic opens shortly after the dramatic expulsion of Satan and his army of angels from Heaven. What follows is a cosmic battle between good and evil that ranges across vast, splendid tracts of time and space, from the wild abyss of Chaos and the fiery lake of Hell to the Gate of Heaven and Gods newly created paradise, the Garden of Eden. Controversy still swirls around Miltons magnificent and sympathetic characterization of Satan, a portrait so compelling that many critics have maintained that he is the true hero of the story.

David Hawkes is Associate Professor of English at Lehigh University. His books include Idols of the Marketplace (2001) and Ideology (second edition, 2003), and he has contributed articles to The Nation, the Times Literary Supplement, and the Journal of the History of Ideas.
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Paradise Lost
by Scott Elledge, John Milton

ISBN 0393962938 (0-393-96293-8)
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This is the second edition of the "Norton Critical Edition" of Milton's "Paradise Lost". It represents an extensive revision of the first edition. The text of the poem remains that of Milton's 1674 edition, retaining the original punctuation but with modernized spelling and italics. Material for the study of contemporary religious and political issues is now included, as well as selections from his earlier poetry and prose. [via]
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by John Milton, C.A. Patrides, E. A. J. Honigmann

ISBN 0333019458 (0-333-01945-8)
Hardcover, Macmillan

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Restoration
by Rose Tremain

ISBN 0140244883 (0-14-024488-3)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA

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The award-winning Restoration is one of Rose Tremains most popular works, and showcases her remarkable talent for capturing historical settings and personalities. Set during the English Restoration in the decadent court of King Charles II, the novel weaves a story of corrupted innocence, betrayal, love and hope against a fascinating historical backdrop. Written in the first person, the fortunes of the fallible but charismatic courtier Robert Merivel are utterly compelling. Restoration lyrically evokes the rich tapestry of seventeenth-century London life. [via]
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Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy
by Scott McMillin

ISBN 0393099970 (0-393-09997-0)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc

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Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of the Country Wife, the Man of Mode, the Rover, the Way of the World, the Conscious Lovers, the School for Scandal Contexts, cr
by Scott McMillin

ISBN 0393963349 (0-393-96334-9)
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This Second Edition builds on its predecessors strengths by adding a sixth play, Aphra Behns The Rover, a comedy that has clearly come into prominence in recent years.
The plays are fully annotated for the modern reader and are accompanied by six illustrations. The close relationship between theater and society during the period continues to be the focus of Contexts. The editor offers contemporary discussions of the following topics: On Wit, Humour, and Laughter: 16601775, The Collier Controversy: 1698, Steele and Dennis: On The Man of Mode and The Conscious Lovers, and Stages, Actors, and Audiences. Criticism has been revised to reflect approaches in scholarly interpretations. Two seminal essays from the First Edition have been retainedCharles Lambs appreciation of the periods comedy and L. C. Knightss condemnation of it. New essays by Jocelyn Powell, Harriet Hawkins, Elin Diamond, Martin Price, and Laura Brown have been added. Illustrated [via]
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Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Comedy: Authoritative Texts of The Country Wife, The Man of Mode, The Way of the World, The Conscious Lovers, The School for Scandal; Backgrounds, Criticism
by Scott McMillin

ISBN 0393043525 (0-393-04352-5)
Hardcover, Norton

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This Second Edition builds on its predecessors strengths by adding a sixth play, Aphra Behns The Rover, a comedy that has clearly come into prominence in recent years.
The plays are fully annotated for the modern reader and are accompanied by six illustrations. The close relationship between theater and society during the period continues to be the focus of Contexts. The editor offers contemporary discussions of the following topics: On Wit, Humour, and Laughter: 16601775, The Collier Controversy: 1698, Steele and Dennis: On The Man of Mode and The Conscious Lovers, and Stages, Actors, and Audiences. Criticism has been revised to reflect approaches in scholarly interpretations. Two seminal essays from the First Edition have been retainedCharles Lambs appreciation of the periods comedy and L. C. Knightss condemnation of it. New essays by Jocelyn Powell, Harriet Hawkins, Elin Diamond, Martin Price, and Laura Brown have been added. Illustrated [via]
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The Rover
by Aphra Behn

ISBN 1854591789 (1-85459-178-9)
Softcover, Theatre Communications Group

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Aphra Behn was among the wittiest and most prolific playwrights of her day

The Rover is the most popular of Behn's plays, a comedy set in a 17th century Spanish colony during carnival time. Scenes of infidelity, elopement and seduction are juxtaposed with images of elaborate sword play creating a mood of frantic, endless celebration.

In The Rover, Behn recreates a male-dominated society but responds with clear-sighted and sympathetic portrayal of the female predicament. The female voice gave the play a distinctiveness in its time and portrays "the fine line drawn and doodled around between the brutality of rape and the art of seduction" (Michael Coveney, Financial Times).

The Rover was revived by the RSC in 1986, directed by John Barton with Jeremy Sams and Imogen Stubbs in the lead roles. This volume contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play and a glossary of difficult words and phrases.
"Masterpieces are not single and solitary births; they are the outcome of many years of thinking in common&All women together ought to let flowers fall upon the tomb of Aphra Behn." (Virginia Woolf on Aphra Behn)

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The Rover and Other Plays
by Jane Spencer, Aphra Behn, Michael Cordner

ISBN 0192822489 (0-19-282248-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edtion brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. [via]
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The Rover: Aphra Behn
by Anne Russell

ISBN 1551110377 (1-55111-037-7)
Softcover, Broadview Pr

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The Rover or the Banished Cavaliers
by Aphra Behn

ISBN 1419181211 (1-4191-8121-1)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co

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Increasingly Aphra BehnÃÂthe first woman professional writerÃÂis also regarded as one of the most important writers of the 17th century. The Rover, her most famous and most accomplished play, is in many ways firmly in the tradition of Restoration drama; Willmore, the title character, is a rake and a libertine, and the comedy feeds on sexual innuendo, intrigue and wit. But the laughter that the play insights has a biting edge to it and the sexual intrigue an unsettling depth. As Anne Russell points out in her introduction to this edition, there are three options for women in the society represented in The Rover: marriage, the convent, or prostitution. In this marriage economy the witty and pragmatic virgin Hellena learns how to survive, while the prostitute Angellica Bianca can retain her autonomy only so long as she remains free from romantic love. It seems that in this world women can only be free by the anonymity of disguiseÃÂyet the mask is also the mark of the prostitute. And, paradoxically, disguise is the device that in many ways drives the plot towards marriage.
Enormously popular through the eighteenth century, The Rover is now once again widely performed. Filled with the play of ideas, it is one of the most amusing, entertaining -- and unsettling -- of comedies. [via]
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The Rover, the Feigned Courtesans, the Lucky Chance, the Emperor of the Moon
by Aphra Behn, Jane Spencer

ISBN 0192834517 (0-19-283451-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr

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Aphra Behn (1640-89) was both successful and controversial in her own lifetime; her achievements are now recognized less equivocally and her plays, often revived, demonstrate wit, compassion and remarkable range. This edition brings together her most important comedies in a single volume: The Rover, her best-known play; The Feigned Courtesans, a lively comedy of intrigue; The Lucky Chance, a comedy with a bitter edge, which takes a satirical look at marriage customs; and the dazzling and popular farce, The Emperor of the Moon. All the plays have been newly edited and are presented with modernized spelling and punctuation. [via]
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The World's Great Classics

ISBN 0717200019 (0-7172-0001-9)
Hardcover, Xs Books

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Odyssey, The: The World's Great Classics, by Homer; tr. by S.H. Butcher and Andrew Lang [via]
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El Paraiso Perdido / Paradise Lost
by John Milton

ISBN 1583487735 (1-58348-773-5)
Softcover, Iuniverse Inc

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El Paraíso Perdido es la obra de toda una vida dedicada a la literatura, como se desprende del paralelismo de algunas partes de la misma con otros escritos de John Milton (1608-1667). Dedicado a la política durante un tiempo de la mano de Oliveiro Cromwell, Milton reúne en su literatura todo el enriquecimiento que le aportan los distintos escenarios de su vida diplomática. Junta a ello su obra irradia el convencimiento pleno en la religión cristiana heredada del mensaje de su padre, un convencido católico ex protestante. Esta segunda parte la desarrola plenamente en este poema bíblico religioso de reminiscencias dantescas. [via]
More editions of El Paraiso Perdido / Paradise Lost:
- El Paraiso Perdido / Paradise Lost: ISBN 1583487735 (1-58348-773-5)
  Softcover, Iuniverse Inc

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