Publisher:
Liverpool University Press, Tavistock, Devon
This new study of Andrew Marvell offers a state-of-the-art guide to one of the most intriguing and elusive poets of the seventeenth century. The book provides comprehensive introductions to Marvell's different self-representations, and places the...
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This new study of Andrew Marvell offers a state-of-the-art guide to one of the most intriguing and elusive poets of the seventeenth century. The book provides comprehensive introductions to Marvell's different self-representations, and places the most famous poems, such as The Garden and Horatian Ode, in the dialectic they lose when read only in anthologies Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Biographical Outline -- Abbreviations and References -- Introduction -- 1 The Biographical Record -- 2 Religion and Pleasure -- 3 Hindsight and Foresight -- 4 Jest and Earnest -- Epilogue -- Notes -- Select Bibliography -- Index
