Introduction. 1. The Restoration: Poems 1659–1667 2. Admiration and Truth: Drama and Criticism 1660–1679 3. Fancy and Delight: Comedy and Criticism 1663–1672 4. Judgement and Instruction: Poems, Comedy and Satire 1673–1679 5. The Exclusion Crisis: Poems, Plays and Satires 1679–1681 6. The Tory Triumph: Poems 1682–1686 7. A Catholic Reign: Poems 1685–1688 8. A Protestant Revolution: Poems and Plays After 1688 9. Reactions to History: Translations and Criticism 1681–1698 10. Nature, Love and War: The Fables and The Secular Mask
Biography
William Myers retired as Professor of English Literature in 2004, having taught for most of his life in the Universities of Nottingham and Leicester, as well as lecturing in half a dozen universities in the United States, His interests and published works extend from Milton to Waugh and reflect his interest in theology, philosophy and science as well as in literature. He was involved in Adult Education throughout his career, and deplores its current decline in the UK. After his retirement he was ordained as a Permanent Deacon in the Catholic Diocese of Nottingham, but is no longer in active ministry.
Original Review of Dryden:
‘…fills a real need for students…this volume is much more than the elementary introduction it pretends to be.’ Robert D. Hume, The Review of English Studies, Vol 25, No. 99 (1974).
