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Literatures of the 17th & 18th centuries-my set books.
The TempestThe Tempest by William Shakespeare
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Renaissance magic.
The Duchess of Malfi (New Longman Literature 14-18)The Duchess of Malfi (New Longman Literature 14-18) by John Webster
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Truly horrifyingly cruel.
Volpone (New Mermaids)Volpone (New Mermaids) by Ben Jonson
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The wiley fox does over everyone.
The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics) by John Donne
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Love, passion, raunchy, religious-everything's here.
The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) by Andrew Marvell
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"To his coy mistress"-beautiful.
The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics)The Complete English Poems (Penguin Classics) by George Herbert
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"The collar"- herbert and God.
The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics)The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) by John Milton
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milton the master-Areopagitica, beautiful sonnets and the mighty Paradise Lost.
The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics) by John Dryden
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Absalom and Achitophel, Mac Flecknoe-satire of the day.
"The Way of the World" (New Mermaids)"The Way of the World" (New Mermaids) by William Congreve
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Complicated plot!
The Pilgrim's Progress (Oxford World's Classics)The Pilgrim's Progress (Oxford World's Classics) by John Bunyan
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Intro to allegory.
Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics)Selected Poetry (Oxford World's Classics) by Alexander Pope
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'The rape of the Lock"-epic treatment of a haircut!
The Turkish Embassy LettersThe Turkish Embassy Letters by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
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Lively, funny, racey-a great character.
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea: Selected Poems (Fyfield Books)Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea: Selected Poems (Fyfield Books) by Anne Finch
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Early female poet along with Mary Barber.
A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Publick as Private, Which Happened in Lond (Oxford World's Classics)A Journal of the Plague Year: Being Observations or Memorials of the Most Remarkable Occurrences, as Well Publick as Private, Which Happened in Lond (Oxford World's Classics) by Daniel Defoe
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Verisimilitude-great detail of the plague in this mock 'journal'.
A Modest Proposal and Other SatiresA Modest Proposal and Other Satires by Jonathan Swift
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hilarious-great satire on ways to help the starving population in ireland.
The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Oxford World's Classics)The Expedition of Humphry Clinker (Oxford World's Classics) by Tobias Smollett
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Insight into 18th century society-(got a bit bored towards the end!)
Eighteenth-century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (Blackwell Annotated Anthologies)Eighteenth-century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology (Blackwell Annotated Anthologies)
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Poetry of Goldsmith and Crabbe-Country and City in 18th century.
Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics)Northanger Abbey (Penguin Classics) by Jane Austen
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excellent gothic humour-even for non-Austen fans.
Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (Oxford Paperbacks)Songs of Innocence and of Experience: Shewing the Two Contrary States of the Human Soul (Oxford Paperbacks) by William Blake
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The dark side of late 18th century London
Caleb Williams: or, Things as They are (Penguin Classics)Caleb Williams: or, Things as They are (Penguin Classics) by William Godwin
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Law lets the people down.