English Lyric Poetry: The Early Seventeenth Century

ISBN-13: 9780415029490 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 344 str.

Jonathan F. S. Post

Opis

This text sets out to reassess lyric poetry of the early-17th century. The study is directed at both beginning and more advanced students of literature, and responds to scholarly inquiries pursued of late in relation to specific poets. The author seeks to assimilate many of the post-new critical theoretical concerns with readings of the major and minor, male and female authors of the period. Donne, Jonson, the Spenserians, Herbert, Milton, Marvell, Vaughan, as well as many non-canonical and women poets, all receive detailed analysis. In widening the scope of critical commentary, this book seeks to avoid the limitations of much recent criticism.

Recenzje

'...assimilates an impressive range of critical approaches in a remarkably clear and forthright style that is admirably free of jargon.' - The Review of English Studies

'urge those who commonly teach courses on seventeenth-century poetry to read this book for an intelligent overview of the subject' - Graham Parry, University of York

Spis treści

Foreword, Acknowledgements, A note on sources and spelling, 1. Irremediably Donne, 2. Ben Jonson and the art of inclusion, 3. Patriotic and popular poets, 4. Caroline amusements, 5. Substance and style in George Herbert’s The Temple, 6. The once and future poet: Milton in the 1645 Poems, 7. Arenas of retreat: blood, bread, and poetry in Henry Vaughan, 8. From Wroth to Philips: women poets of the earlier seventeenth century, 9. Andrew Marvell: “Here at the Fountain’s Sliding Foot”, Notes, Index

O autorze

Post, Jonathan