Rochester and the Pursuit of Pleasure
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Rochester and the pursuit of pleasure, the fourth full-length study of Rochester's work since David Vieth's pioneering edition of The Compete Poems (1968), is the first to bring together a reading of John Wilmot's poetry, dramatic works, and letters. The book makes three claims, all perhaps unexpected. Though a biographical interpretation of Rochester's work is fraught with risks, theoretically and in terms of the surviving literary and biogra...