The Poems of Andrew Marvell

Little known as a poet in his own time, Andrew Marvell (1621 - 78) was a patriotic politician and champion of religious toleration during the Restoration. Although long celebrated for the great love lyric, To His Coy Mistress, the last century has seen his wider reputation as a poet grow significantly, as readers have acclaimed not only his technical excellence, but the appeal of his verse to such themes as poetry and politics, alternative sexualities and the criticism of violent persecution.

Author: Nigel Smith
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 09/01/2006
Pages: 496
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 2.10lbs
Size: 9.84h x 7.20w x 1.11d
ISBN: 9781405832830

About the Author

Nigel Smith is a Professor of English at Princeton University. He is the author of Perfection Proclaimed: Language and Literature in English Radical Religion, 1640-1660 (OUP, 1989) and Literature and Revolution in England, 1640-1660 (Yale UP, 1994).