Ideas of the Restoration in English Literature, 1660–71

Front Matter....Pages i-xvi The State Chaos....Pages 1-16 New Order....Pages 17-30 Ideas of Restoration I : The Panegyric Task....Pages 31-43 Ideas of Restoration II: Looking Back and Looking Forward....Pages 44-66 Ideal Restoration and the Case of Cowley....Pages 67-96 The Poetry of the Second Dutch War....Pages 97-119 Theatrical Restoration....Pages 120-141 Samson Agonistes: The Play Turned Upside Down....Pages 142-163 Conclusion: Artifice and Scrutiny....Pages 164-174 Back Matter....Pages 175-205