Books by Paul Hammond

A survey of Restoration poetry, from the forms in which it was disseminated to studies of important texts.

Prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions of Dryden's work, volume four of "The Poems of John Dryden" covers the poems written by the writer between 1686 and 1696. The poet's language is glossed in unprecedented detail.

The first part of a three-volume edition of Dryden's poems. This work aims to present a complete rethinking of the text, canon and dating of Dryden's poetry, together with a substantial body of annotation which draws on previous editions, on subsequent scholarship and on new research.

Prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions of Dryden's work, volume three of "The Poems of John Dryden" covers the poems written by the writer between 1686 and 1696. The poet's language is glossed in unprecedented detail.

John Oldham (1653-1883) was one of the most important English poets of the later seventeenth century. He was largely responsible for the development of the classical imitation. However, he has suffered much critical neglect, and this 1983 book was the first critical study devoted to his poetry.