John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Building on the strength of Keith Walker’s acclaimed <i>The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester</i> (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated edition of the work of one the greatest Restoration wits. <ul type=”disc”> <li>Includes the text of Lucina’s Rape, Rochester’s adaptation of Fletcher’s revenge tragedy <i>Valentinian,</i> in a text that readily identifies Rochester’s revisions</li> <li>Presents the poems in versions that were current during Rochester’s lifetime, allowing the reader to experience the poems as Rochester’s contemporaries did</li> <li>Incorporates insights and discoveries made over the last twenty-five years and texts of manuscripts that previously were unavailable for study</li> </ul>