Restoration Literature from 1660-1740

Don't ask how come I or anyone else bothered to take this class. You couldn't pick a duller time in British history--nothing happened. Really. People were happy with the monarchy and didn't do much. Speaking of not doing much, neither did Seidel. Except for his brief display of adoration for Daniel Dafoe, the class was pretty darn boring (which may explain why it is no longer offered). Majority of the reading involved the heroic couplets of Alexander Pope (snooze). The rest included a couple of short plays, as well as two novels. Grading was a joke, since nearly everyone received A's and reading was relatively unnecessary. Take Seidel in the spring semester. He's an avid Yankee buff (wrote a book on them, too) and usually zones out whenever they enter the fall classic--which, as of late, is virtually guaranteed.