John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester

Building on the strength of Keith Walker s acclaimed ThePoems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholarNicholas Fisher presents a thoroughly revised and updated editionof the work of one the greatest Restoration wits. * Includes the text of Lucina s Rape, Rochester sadaptation of Fletcher s revenge tragedy Valentinian,in a text that readily identifies Rochester s revisions * Presents the poems in versions that were current duringRochester s lifetime, allowing the reader to experience thepoems as Rochester s contemporaries did * Incorporates insights and discoveries made over the lasttwenty-five years and texts of manuscripts that previously wereunavailable for study