John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

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