Seventeenth-century English Poetry: The Annotated AnthologyTerence Dawson, Robert S. Dupree This anthology of 17th-century English poetry is extensively annotated for a new generation of readers. It combines the scope of a period anthology with the detailed annotations of an authoritative single-author edition. Selected poets include John Donne, George Herbert, Robert Herrick, John Milton, Andrew Marvell, Lady Mary Wroth and Katherine Philips. The salient features include detailed annotations following on from each poem and a concise biographical essay for each poet, outlining the literary and historical context and the critical reception of their work. |
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Andrew Marvell angels beauty Ben Jonson body Cavalier poets Christ Christian Church couplets Crashaw Critical Cromwell dark dead death divine Donne's doth earth elegy Emilia Lanier English eternal eyes flowers friends garden Genesis God's goddess grace Greek Greek mythology heart heaven Henry Vaughan Herbert Herrick holy honour iambic iambic pentameters implies John Donne John Milton Jonson joys Katherine Philips king lady Latin light live London Lord lover Lycidas lyric Marvell Marvell's Matthew meditation metaphor Metaphysical poets Milton mistress Muse nature night Paradise Paradise Lost pentameter Philips phrase pleasure poem poet poet's poetic poetry praise Psalm Puritans refers religious Renaissance rhyming Richard Crashaw Roman sacred sense seventeenth century Shakespeare shepherds sing song sonnet soul spirit stanza star suggests sweet T.S. Eliot tetrameter thee theme things thou thought tion tradition tree trimeter Vaughan verse wings woman word write