The Cambridge Companion to English Literature, 16501740 (Cambridge Companions to Literature)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: June 13, 1998
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 358
ISBN-13: 9780521563796
Subjects: Literary studies: 16th to 18th centuries; c 1600 to c 1700; c 1700 to c 1800; History and criticism; 18th Century English Literature; English Renaissance Literature (1500-1700); Literary Criticism; Literature - Classics / Criticism; English; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; British Isles; English literature--Early modern, 1500-1700--History and criticism; Literary Criticism & Collections / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Early modern, 1500-1700; 18th century; English literature
First sentence: The century between the Civil War and the reign of George II saw the transformation of English political, social, and religious life.