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The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

Thomas N. Corns

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English poetry in the first half of the seventeenth century, an outstandingly rich and varied body of verse, can be understood and appreciated more fully when set in its cultural and ideological context. This introductory Companion, consisting of fourteen new introductory essays by scholars of international standing, provides individual studies of Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Carew, Suckling, Lovelace, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan and Marvell, together with general essays on the political, social and religious context, and the relationship of poetry to the mutations and developments of genre and tradition.

Language: English

Pages: 328

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: November 26, 1993

ISBN: 0521423090

ISBN 13: 9780521423090

The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

Thomas N. Corns

3.2/5 ( ratings)

English poetry in the first half of the seventeenth century, an outstandingly rich and varied body of verse, can be understood and appreciated more fully when set in its cultural and ideological context. This introductory Companion, consisting of fourteen new introductory essays by scholars of international standing, provides individual studies of Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Carew, Suckling, Lovelace, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan and Marvell, together with general essays on the political, social and religious context, and the relationship of poetry to the mutations and developments of genre and tradition.

Language: English

Pages: 328

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Release: November 26, 1993

ISBN: 0521423090

ISBN 13: 9780521423090

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