Introduction: The Critic
Sir Henry Wotton (1568–1639)
Thomas Carew (1595?–1639?)
John Spottiswoode (1565–1639)
      History of Scotland
John Ford (1586–c. 1640)
      The Lover’s Melancholy, 1628–29
      Tis Pity She’s a Whore, 1633
      The Witch of Edmonton, 1622?–58
      The Sun’s Darling, 1623–57
      The Broken Heart, 1633
      Love’s Sacrifice, 1633
      Perkin Warbeck, 1634
William Alexander, Earl of Stirling (1567?–1640)
Robert Burton (1577–1640)
      Anatomy of Melancholy, 1621
Philip Massinger (1583–1640)
      The Old Law
      The Virgin Martyr, 1622
      The Unnatural Combat, 1639
      The Duke of Milan, 1623
      The Bondman, 1623–38
      The Roman Actor, 1626–29
      The Maid of Honour, 1632
      The Picture, 1629–30
      The Fatal Dowry, 1632
      The New Way to Pay Old Debts, 1633
      The City Madam, 1632–59
      A Very Woman, 1634–55
      The Bashful Lover, 1636–55
      General
Sir Henry Spelman (c. 1564–1641)
Arthur Johnstoun (1587–1641)
Thomas Dekker (c. 1570–1632)
      Old Fortunatus, 1600
      Satiromastrix, 1602
      The Honest Whore, 1604–1630
Sir John Suckling (1609–1642)
William Rowley (c. 1585–1626)
William Cartwright (1611–1643)
William Browne (c. 1590–c. 1645)
      Britannia’s Pastorals, 1613–16–1852
      Inner Temple Masque
Francis Quarles (1592–1644)
      Emblems Divine and Moral, 1635
George Sandys (1578–1644)
      A Relation of a Journey, 1615
      Ovid’s Metamorphoses, 1621–26
      Divine Poems and Psalms, 1636–38–40
William Chillingworth (1602–1644)
      Religion of Protestants, 1637
William Laud (1573–1645)
Sir Richard Baker (1568–1644/5)
Thomas Nabbes (1605–1641)
Lord Herbert of Cherbury (1583–1648)
      King Henry VIII., 1649
      Autobiography
      Poems
William Drummond of Hawthornden (1585–1649)
      Cypress Grove, 1625
      Sonnets
      The History of Scotland, 1655
John Winthrop (1588–1649)
      Journal
Richard Crashaw (c. 1613–1649)
Phineas Fletcher (1582–1650)
      Purple Island, 1633
Thomas May (1594/5–1650)
      History of the Parliament, 1650
James Graham, Marquis of Montrose (1612–1650)
Thomas Heywood (c. 1570–1641)
      A Woman Killed with Kindness, 1602–07
      The English Traveller, 1633
      The Fair Maid of the West, 1631
Arthur Wilson (1595–1652)
      History of King James I.
Nathaniel Ward (1578–1652)
      Simple Cobler of Agawam, 1647
William Basse (d. c. 1653)
John Taylor (1580–1653)
William Habington (1605–1654)
      Castara, 1635
John Selden (1584–1654)
      Titles of Honour, 1614
      De Diis Syriis, 1617
      History of Tithes, 1618
      De Juri Naturali, etc., 1640
      Table Talk, 1689
Joseph Hall (1574–1656)
      Virgidemiarum, 1597–98
      Epistles, 1608–11
      Contemplations, 1612–15
      Christian Meditations, 1640
      Mundus Alter et Idem, 1643
John Hales (1584–1656)
James Ussher (1581–1656)
      Annals, 1650–54
William Harvey (1578–1657)
William Bradford (1590–1657)
      History of Plymouth Plantation
John Cleveland (1613–1658)
Richard Lovelace (1618–1658)
Sir Thomas Urquhart (1611–1660)
Samuel Rutherford (1600?–1661)
Thomas Fuller (1608–1661)
      A Pisgahsight of Palestine, 1650
      The Church History of Britain, 1655
      Worthies of England, 1662
Peter Heylyn (1599–1662)
      Life of Laud, 1644
John Gauden (1605–1662)
      Icon Basilike
Robert Sanderson (1587–1663)
Katherine Philips (‘Orinda’) (1632–1664)
Sir Kenelm Digby (1603–1665)
John Earle (1601?–1665)
Sir Richard Fanshawe (1608–1666)
James Howell (c. 1594–1666)
      Dodona’s Grove, 1640
      Familiar Letters
James Shirley (1596–1666)
Abraham Cowley (1618–1667)
      Juvenile Poems
      The Cutter of Coleman Street, 1641–63
      The Mistress, 1647
      Davideis
      Essays
      Love’s Chronicle
Jeremy Taylor (1613–1667)
      The Liberty of Prophesying, 1647
      Holy Living and Holy Dying, 1650–51
      Unum Necessarium, 1655
      Ductor Dubitantium, 1660
      Sermons
George Wither (1588–1667)
Sir William Davenant (1606–1668)
      Gondibert, 1650
Sir John Denham (1615–1669)
      The Sophy, 1642
      Cooper’s Hill, 1642
Henry King (1592–1669)
William Prynne (1600–1669)
      Histriomastix
John Wilkins (1614–1672)
Anne Bradstreet (c. 1612–1672)
Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle (1624?–1674)
Robert Herrick (1591–1674)
      Hesperides, 1648
      Noble Numbers, 1648
John Milton (1608–1674)
      Comus, 1634–37
      Lycidas, 1638
      Paradise Lost, 1667
      Paradise Regained, 1671
      Samson Agonistes, 1671
      Sonnets
      On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity, 1629
      L’Allegro and Il Penseroso, 1633
      Latin Poems
      Prose Writings
      Doctrine and Discipline of Divorce, 1643
      Of Education, 1644
      Areopagitica, 1644
      Eikonoklastes, 1649
      Defences of the English People, 1651–55
      The History of Britain, 1670
      General
Edward Hyde, Lord Clarendon (1609–1674)
Matthew Hale (1609–1676)
James Harrington (1611–1677)
      Oceana, 1656
Owen Felltham (1602?–1668)
      Resolves
Isaac Barrow (1630–1677)
      Sermons
Andrew Marvell (1621–1678)
      On the Death of the Lord Protector
Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679)
      Leviathan, 1751
      Poetry
Samuel Butler (1612–1680)
      Hudibras
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647–1680)
Sir Thomas Browne (1605–1682)
      Religio Medici, 1642
      Pseudodoxia Epidemica, 1646
      Hydriotaphia, 1658
Izaak Walton (1593–1683)
      Complete Angler, 1653
      Lives
John Oldham (1653–1683)
John Owen (1616–1683)
Algernon Sidney (1623–1683)
Roger Williams (1604?–1683)
Robert Leighton (1611–1684)
Wentworth Dillon, Earl of Roscommon (1633?–1685)
Thomas Otway (1652–1685)
      Don Carlos, 1676
      The Orphan, 1680
      Caius Marius, 1680
      Venice Preserved, 1682
Bishop John Pearson (1612–1686)
      Exposition of the Creed, 1659
Charles Cotton (1630–1687)
Henry More (1614–1687)
George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham (1628–1687)
      The Rehearsal, 1671
Edmund Waller (1606–1687)
Ralph Cudworth (1617–1688)
John Bunyan (1628–1688)
      Grace Abounding, 1666
      Pilgrim’s Progress, 1678–84
      Holy War, 1682
      Poems
William Chamberlayne (1619–1689)
      Pharonnida
Aphra Behn (1640–1689)
      Oroonoko
Robert Barclay (1648–1690)
John Eliot (1604–1690)
Sir George Etherege (1635?–1691)
Robert Boyle (1627–1691)
George Fox (1624–1691)
Richard Baxter (1615–1691)
      The Saint’s Everlasting Rest, 1650
George Mackenzie (1636–1691)
Nathaniel Lee (c. 1653–1692)
Thomas Shadwell (1642–1692)
Elias Ashmole (1617–1692)
John Tillotson (1630–1694)
Henry Vaughan (1621–1695)
Anthony Wood (1632–1695)
George Savile, Marquis of Halifax (1633–1695)
John Aubrey (1626–1697)
Edward Stillingfleet (1635–1699)
Sir William Temple (1628–1699)
Joseph Beaumont (1616–1699)
John Dryden (1631–1700)
      Dramas
      The Wild Gallant, 1662–69
      The Rival Ladies, 1664
      The Indian Emperor, 1667
      The Maiden Queen, 1668
      Sir Martin Mar-all, 1668
      The Enchanted Island, 1670
      Tyrannick Love, 1670
      An Evening’s Love, 1671
      The Conquest of Granada, 1672
      Marriage à la Mode, 1673
      The Assignation, 1673
      Amboyna, 1673
      The State of Innocence, 1674
      Aurengzebe, 1676
      All for Love, 1678
      Limberham, 1678
      Œdipus, 1679
      Troilus and Cressida, 1679
      The Spanish Friar, 1681
      The Duke of Guise, 1683
      Albion and Albanius, 1685
      Don Sebastian, 1690
      Amphitryon, 1690
      King Arthur, 1691
      Love Triumphant, 1694
      Heroic Stanzas, 1659
      Astræa Redux, 1662
      Annus Mirabilis, 1667
      Religio Laici, 1682
      Threnodia Augustalis, 1685
      The Hind and the Panther, 1687
      Britannia Rediviva, 1688
      Alexander’s Feast, 1697
      Virgil, 1697
      Fables, 1699
      Satires
      Absalom and Achitophel, 1681–82
      The Medal, 1682
      Mac Flecknoe, 1682
      Prose
      General
Sir Charles Sedley (1639–1701)
John Pomfret (1667–1702)
Samuel Pepys (1633–1703)
      Diary
John Wallis (1616–1703)
John Locke (1632–1704)
      Letters on Toleration, 1689–90
      On the Human Understanding, 1690
      On Education
      On Government
      Commentaries
Sir Roger L’Estrange (1616–1704)
Thomas Brown (1662–1704)
John Ray (1627–1705)
John Howe (1630–1705)
John Evelyn (1620–1706)
      Sylva, 1664
      Diary
Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1638–1706)
George Farquhar (1677?–1707)
      Love and a Bottle, 1699
      The Constant Couple, 1700
      Sir Henry Wildair, 1701
      The Inconstant, 1702
      The Twin Rivals, 1702
      The Recruiting Officer, 1706
      The Beaux Stratagem, 1707
William Walsh (1663–1708)
William Sherlock (1641?–1707)
John Philips (1676–1709)
      The Splendid Shilling, 1703
George Bull (1634–1710)
Henry Dodwell (1641–1711)
Thomas Ken (1637–1711)
John Norris (1657–1711)
Joshua Barnes (1654–1712)
Thomas Sprat (1635–1713)
      History of the Royal Society, 1667–1702
Thomas Ellwood (1639–1713)
      History of Thomas Ellwood, 1683
Lord Shaftesbury (1671–1713)
Thomas Rymer (1641–1713)
      Fœdera
Matthew Henry (1662–1714)
Charles Montague, Earl of Halifax (1661–1715)
Nahum Tate (1652–1715)
      King Lear
Gilbert Burnet (1643–1715)
      History of the Reformation, 1679–1714
      History of My Own Time
Thomas Burnet (1635?–1715)
      The Sacred Theory of the Earth
George Hickes (1642–1715)
William Wycherley (1640–1716)
      Love in a Wood, 1672
      The Gentleman Dancing-Master, 1672
      The Country Wife, 1673
      The Plain-Dealer, 1674
Robert South (1634–1716)
      Sermons
Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun (1655–1716)
John, Lord Somers (1651–1716)
Thomas Parnell (1679–1718)
Nicholas Rowe (1674–1718)
      Tamerlane, 1702
      The Fair Penitent, 1703
      Shakespeare’s Works, 1709
      Jane Shore, 1714
Bishop Richard Cumberland (1631–1718)
William Penn (1644–1718)
      Pennsylvania
Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
      Letters from Italy, 1703
      Remarks on Several Parts of Italy, 1705
      The Campaign, 1705
      Fair Rosamond, 1707
      The Tatler, 1709–10
      The Spectator, 1711–12
      Sir Roger de Coverley
      Cato, 1713
      The Drummer, 1716
      Criticisms
      General
John Flamsteed (1646–1719)
Sir Samuel Garth (1661–1719)
      The Dispensary, 1699
John Hughes (1677–1720)
Anne Finch, Countess of Winchilsea (1661–1720)
Simon Ockley (1678–1720)
John Sheffield, Duke of Buckingham (1648–1721)
      Essay on Poetry, 1682
Matthew Prior (1664–1721)
      Solomon
      Alma, 1718
      Henry and Emma
Charles Leslie (1650–1722)
John Toland (1670–1722)
Susanna Centlivre (1667?–1723)
      The Busy Body, 1709
      The Wonder, 1714
      A Bold Stroke for a Wife, 1718
Thomas D’Urfey (1653–1723)
Increase Mather (1639–1723)
Elkanah Settle (1648–1724)
Mary de la Rivière Manley (1663–1724)
      New Atalantis, 1709
Henry Sacheverell (1674?–1724)
Humphrey Prideaux (1648–1724)
Jeremy Collier (1650–1726)
      View of the English Stage, 1698
      Ecclesiastical History of Great Britain, 1708–14
Sir John Vanbrugh (1664–1726)
      The Relapse, 1697
      The Provoked Wife, 1697
      The Confederacy, 1705
      Architecture
William Wotton (1666–1727)
Sir Isaac Newton (1642–1727)
      Leibnitz Controversy
      Principia, 1687
Cotton Mather (1663–1728)
      Magnalia Christi Americana, 1702
William Congreve (1670–1729)
      The Old Bachelor, 1693
      The Double Dealer, 1694
      Love for Love, 1695
      The Mourning Bride, 1697
      The Way of the World, 1700
Sir Richard Blackmore (1654–1729)
Samuel Clarke (1675–1729)
Sir Richard Steele (1672–1729)
      The Christian Hero, 1701
      The Funeral, 1702
      The Tender Husband, 1705
      The Tatler, 1709–11
      The Spectator, 1711–14
      The Guardian, 1713
      Conscious Lovers, 1723
      Letters