DLB 101: British Prose Writers, 1660-1800, First Series (Dictionary of Literary Biography)

Beginning in the Restoration and extending through the 18th century, a significant body of enduring and distinguished nonfiction emerged from the writers of the British Isles. This DLB volume includes those most recognized and widely quoted by their contemporaries and by later critics, scholars and readers. This age was defined by its prose: informal essays, sermons, philosophical or political discourses, satire, journalism, familiar letters, literary criticism, biographies, memoirs and autobiographies. In these entries, you'll find insights into the lives of writers who were typically involved in a diverse range of pursuits. 22 entries include: Joseph Addison, Samuel Butler, Daniel Defoe, John Dennis, John Dryden, Henry Fielding, John Locke, Bernard Mandeville, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Samuel Pepys, Alexander Pope, Richard Steele, Jonathan Swift and Sir William Temple.