Selected Poems
A new selection of Rochester's famously explicit verse, that goes beyond its popular reputation for pornographic or vitriolic directness to bring out the variety and sophistication of his work.
Texts of the poems Rochester translated and imitated are included in the notes, enabling readers to explore his creatively intricate involvement with the work of his ancient and modern counterparts, a crucial aspect of the poet's genius.
Introduction examines issues of attribution and manuscript circulation and situates Rochester within a larger intellectual movement of libertinism.
Full notes help readers unfamiliar with Restoration usage to understand meaning and the subtler connotations of words and phrases.
Index of Manuscripts.
New to this Edition:
Includes only poems now securely established as Rochester's, in modern spelling.
Uses texts not based on the posthumous and unreliable printed editions but on the most authoritative manuscripts which circulated in Rochester's lifetime, making it the most reliable edition available.
A new selection of Rochester's famously explicit verse, that goes beyond its popular reputation for pornographic or vitriolic directness to bring out the variety and sophistication of his work.
Texts of the poems Rochester translated and imitated are included in the notes, enabling readers to explore his creatively intricate involvement with the work of his ancient and modern counterparts, a crucial aspect of the poet's genius.
Introduction examines issues of attribution and manuscript circulation and situates Rochester within a larger intellectual movement of libertinism.
Full notes help readers unfamiliar with Restoration usage to understand meaning and the subtler connotations of words and phrases.
Index of Manuscripts.
New to this Edition:
Includes only poems now securely established as Rochester's, in modern spelling.
Uses texts not based on the posthumous and unreliable printed editions but on the most authoritative manuscripts which circulated in Rochester's lifetime, making it the most reliable edition available.
A new selection of Rochester's famously explicit verse, that goes beyond its popular reputation for pornographic or vitriolic directness to bring out the variety and sophistication of his work.
Texts of the poems Rochester translated and imitated are included in the notes, enabling readers to explore his creatively intricate involvement with the work of his ancient and modern counterparts, a crucial aspect of the poet's genius.
Introduction examines issues of attribution and manuscript circulation and situates Rochester within a larger intellectual movement of libertinism.
Full notes help readers unfamiliar with Restoration usage to understand meaning and the subtler connotations of words and phrases.
Index of Manuscripts.
New to this Edition:
Includes only poems now securely established as Rochester's, in modern spelling.
Uses texts not based on the posthumous and unreliable printed editions but on the most authoritative manuscripts which circulated in Rochester's lifetime, making it the most reliable edition available.