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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

English literature from the Restoration through the romantic period / edited by J.E.

Luebering.—1st ed.

p. cm.—(The Britannica guide to world literature)

“In association with Britannica Educational Publishing, Rosen Educational Services.”

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN 978-1-61530-231-4 (eBook)

1. English literature—History and criticism. 2. English literature—Early modern,

1500-1700—History and criticism. 3. English literature—18th century—History and

criticism. 4. English literature—19th century—History and criticism. I. Luebering, J. E.

PR83.E63 2010

820.9—dc22

20090536472009045098

On the cover: Inﬂ uential British writers from the Restoration through the Romantic

period include poet John Keats (foreground) and satirist Jonathan Swift (background). Time

& Life Pictures/Getty Images (Keats); Hulton Archive/Getty Images (Swift).

On page 8: Frontispiece to William Blake’s Europe, A Prophecy (1794), drawn by the author.

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