Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature

"[Scodel's] range of material and reference is admirable....[T]here is much to admire and learn from in EXCESS AND THE MEAN IN EARLY MODERN ENGLISH LITERATURE. The section on drinking is well argues and well constructed, as is the analysis of sex. Scodel writes intelligently on the ways in which aristocratic passion as a for of excess was simultaneously endorsed and condemned after the Restoration....The best section of the book is that which deals with the relationship between Georgic poetry and commerce.Scodel, Joshua is the author of 'Excess and the Mean in Early Modern English Literature' with ISBN 9780691090283 and ISBN 0691090289.