Is There Such a Thing as Restoration Literature?

The political restoration of 1660 is conventionally taken to mark a significant cultural turn, the opening of a literary “age.” In this essay, Stephen N. Zwicker uses the evidence of publishing history to ask if such political landmarks as the Restoration ought to define the contours of literary study. While the evidence of publishing history is partial and uneven, it does allow us to assess continuities and disruptions across familiar borders, to probe the conventions of literary history, and to pose challenges to familiar notions of cultural change. is there such a thing as restoration literature? 449 62. The Poems of John Dryden, ed. James Kinsley, 4 vols. (Oxford, 1958), 4:1765. This content downloaded from 157.55.39.152 on Sat, 26 Nov 2016 04:24:17 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms This content downloaded from 157.55.39.152 on Sat, 26 Nov 2016 04:24:17 UTC All use subject to http://about.jstor.org/terms

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