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The Cambridge Companion to English Poetry, Donne to Marvell

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Part of Cambridge Companions to Literature

Editor: Thomas N. Corns, University of Wales, Bangor

David Loewenstein, Elaine Hobby, Arthur F. Marroti, Alastair Fowler, Brian Vickers, Achsah Guibbory, Richard Helgerson, Leah S. Marcus, Helen Wilcox, Thomas N. Corns, Michael Wilding, Anthony Low, Jonathan Post, Donald M. Friedman

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Date Published: November 1993
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format: Paperback
isbn: 9780521423090

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English poetry in the first half of the seventeenth century is an outstandingly rich and varied body of verse, which can be understood and appreciated more fully when set in its cultural and ideological context. This student Companion, consisting of fourteen new introductory essays by scholars of international standing, informs and illuminates the poetry by providing close reading of texts and an exploration of their background. There are individual studies of Donne, Jonson, Herrick, Herbert, Carew, Suckling, Lovelace, Milton, Crashaw, Vaughan and Marvell. More general essays describe the political and religious context of the poetry, explore its gender politics, explain the material circumstances of its production and circulation, trace its larger role in the development of genre and tradition, and relate it to contemporary rhetorical expectation. Overall the Companion provides an indispensable guide to the texts and contexts of early-seventeenth-century English poetry.
- Likely undergraduate textbook on seventeenth-century literature
- New essays by fourteen scholars of international renown
- Strong addition to Cambridge Companion series
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- Date Published: November 1993
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9780521423090
- length: 328 pages
- dimensions: 229 x 152 x 19 mm
- weight: 0.48kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
Chronology
Part I. The Context:
1. Politics and religion David Loewenstein
2. The politics of gender Elaine Hobby
3. Manuscript, print, and the social history of the lyric Arthur F. Marroti
4. Genre and tradition Alastair Fowler
5. Rhetoric Brian Vickers
Part II. Some Poets:
6. John Donne Achsah Guibbory
7. Ben Jonson Richard Helgerson
8. Robert Herrick Leah S. Marcus
9. George Herbert Helen Wilcox
10. Thomas Carew, Sir John Suckling and Richard Lovelace Thomas N. Corns
11. John Milton: the early works Michael Wilding
12. Richard Crashaw Anthony Low
13. Henry Vaughan Jonathan Post
14. Andrew Marvell Donald M. Friedman.
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Thomas N. Corns, University of Wales, Bangor
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David Loewenstein, Elaine Hobby, Arthur F. Marroti, Alastair Fowler, Brian Vickers, Achsah Guibbory, Richard Helgerson, Leah S. Marcus, Helen Wilcox, Thomas N. Corns, Michael Wilding, Anthony Low, Jonathan Post, Donald M. Friedman