One of the Handbooks of English Literature edited by Professor Hales. This volume covers the time period of roughly 1700, the year in which John Dryden died, and 1744, the date of Alexander Pope's death. Found within is discussion on 37 prose writers and poets of this time such as Jonathan Swift, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Matthew Prior, Ambrose Philips and Nicholas Rowe. An index of other minor poets and prose writers is included.