Restoration Literature

Restoration Literature
Author: Paul Hammond
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 484
Release: 2002
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780192833310

This anthology brings together a stimulating and entertaining collection of works from the confident and creative period of 1660-1700. The literature of this time is by turns refined, poignant, and brash. Alongside major works such as Dryden's Absalom and Achitophel and Mac Flecknoe, printed in their entirety, is a substantial group of lyrics by Rochester, while Milton's Paradise Lost provides a running commentary on the Restoration scene. Scurrilous satires and pamphlets, diaries, theatrical prologues, translations and striking work by women poets and autobiographers illustrate the period in politics, religion, philosophy and in attitudes to town and country, love and friendship.

Culture and Society in the Stuart Restoration

Culture and Society in the Stuart Restoration
Author: Gerald M. MacLean
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 314
Release: 1995-04-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780521475662

Literary and cultural changes reflecting new commercial and imperial interests of Restoration Britain.

The Cambridge Companion to Bunyan

The Cambridge Companion to Bunyan
Author: Anne Dunan-Page
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 213
Release: 2010-06-10
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0521733081

A comprehensive introduction to Bunyan's life and works, examining their place in the broader context of seventeenth-century history and literature.

Cultural Readings of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Theater

Cultural Readings of Restoration and Eighteenth-Century English Theater
Author: Deborah Payne Fisk
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2010-12-01
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0820337897

Ranging in approach from feminist to historicist, the eleven essays in this collection share the culturalist premise that the drama of late Stuart and early Georgian England helped to constitute the dominant ideology of the period. The contributors' varied approaches allow for the reconsideration of libertinism, the politics of sexual desire, and other classic issues, as well as such newer concerns as the social construction of the first English actresses, empiricism as an emergent epistemological discourse, cultural anxiety about novelty and repetition, and shifting tropes of inherent worth. By reading well-known works in unexpected ways and focusing on less frequently studied dramatists, from Sedley, Motteux, Pix, and Behn to Manley, Trotter, and Shadwell, the contributors also test the limits of the canon. In addition, they suggest that earlier critical perceptions, perhaps even more than the “innate worth” of the plays, determined the shape of the canon. These essays present a different image of Restoration and eighteenth-century theater, one that reveals how the drama was a site as important for the negotiation of cultural meaning as were novels and verse satires.

The Restoration Transposed

The Restoration Transposed
Author: Gillian Wright
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 279
Release: 2020
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108493971

An innovative account of the literary Restoration that stresses its diversity, historical self-awareness, and openness to new voices.

The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper

The Restoration of Engravings, Drawings, Books, and Other Works on Paper
Author: Max Schweidler
Publisher: Getty Publications
Total Pages: 320
Release: 2006
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9780892368358

Ever since its original publication in Germany in 1938, Max Schweidler's Die Instandetzung von Kupferstichen, Zeichnungen, Buchern usw has been recognized as a seminal modern text on the conservation and restoration of works on paper. To address what he saw as a woeful dearth of relevant literature and in order to assist those who have 'set themselves the goal of preserving cultural treasures, ' the noted German restorer composed a thorough technical manual covering a wide range of specific techniques, including detailed instructions on how to execute structural repairs and alterations that, if skilfully done, can be virtually undetectable. By the mid-twentieth century, curators and conservators of graphic arts, discovering a nearly invisible repair in an old master print or drawing, might comment that the object had been 'Schweidlerized.' This volume, based on the authoritative revised German edition of 1949, makes Schweidler's work available in English for the first time, in a meticulously edited and annotated critical edition. The editor's introduction places the work in its historical context and probes the philosophical issues the book raises, while some two hundred annotati

English Literature from the Restoration Through the Romantic Period

English Literature from the Restoration Through the Romantic Period
Author: J. E. Luebering Manager and Senior Editor, Literature
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Total Pages: 242
Release: 2010-08-15
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1615301151

Introduces the elements considered essential to English literature, in which writing became more personal and had a new sense of humanity.

Primer of Ecological Restoration

Primer of Ecological Restoration
Author: Karen Holl
Publisher: Island Press
Total Pages: 221
Release: 2020-03-03
Genre: Science
ISBN: 1610919726

The pace, intensity, and scale at which humans have altered our planet in recent decades is unprecedented. We have dramatically transformed landscapes and waterways through agriculture, logging, mining, and fire suppression, with drastic impacts on public health and human well-being. What can we do to counteract and even reverse the worst of these effects? Restore damaged ecosystems. The Primer of Ecological Restoration is a succinct introduction to the theory and practice of ecological restoration as a strategy to conserve biodiversity and ecosystems. In twelve brief chapters, the book introduces readers to the basics of restoration project planning, monitoring, and adaptive management. It explains abiotic factors such as landforms, soil, and hydrology that are the building blocks to successfully recovering microorganism, plant, and animal communities. Additional chapters cover topics such as invasive species and legal and financial considerations. Each chapter concludes with recommended reading and reference lists, and the book can be paired with online resources for teaching. Perfect for introductory classes in ecological restoration or for practitioners seeking constructive guidance for real-world projects, Primer of Ecological Restoration offers accessible, practical information on recent trends in the field.