Marvell and Milton

Erscheinungsjahr 2026
ISBN: 978-1-009-73565-0
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 300 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 588 g

Both John Milton and Andrew Marvell have been revaluated in recent years. Yet this is the first sustained scholarly work to compare the two great seventeenth-century poets. In his new book, which stands as the culmination of a distinguished academic career, Warren Chernaik examines the relationship of the two writers and their complex responses to their troubled times. The poets were close friends, yet the trajectory of their careers and their posthumous reputations differed significantly. As well as taking an active part in the major political and religious upheavals of their times, both poets engaged seriously with classical, Christian and humanist thought. Combining close readings of their poetry and prose with detailed consideration of historical and intellectual context, Chernaik sheds fresh light on the enduring works of poets whose words still resonate strongly with today's readers.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Chernaik, Warren

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Marvel, Milton, and 'these tumultuous times'; 2. Friends and readers: Donne, Milton, and Marvell; 3. Milton's 'fit audience'; 4. Marvell and the storms of time; 5. Lesser and greater worlds; 6. The rhetoric of defence in Marvell and Milton; 7. Service and servitude in Herbert, Milton, and Marvell; 8. Paradise's only map: Marvell and the fall; 9. Marvell's religious poems: puritanism, Platonism, literary tradition; 10. Religious belief and the politics of conscience: Marvell and Milton; Postscript: 'that happy garden-state'.

Über Autor(innen)

Chernaik, Warren
Warren Chernaik was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of London. He taught at The Ohio State University, The City College of New York and Boston University before moving to the UK and an appointment at Queen Mary College, University of London. His books include Milton and the Burden of Freedom (Cambridge University Press, 2017), The Poet's Time: Politics and Religion in the Work of Andrew Marvell (Cambridge University Press, 1983), The Myth of Rome in Shakespeare and his Contemporaries (Cambridge University Press, 2011), The Cambridge Introduction to Shakespeare's History Plays (Cambridge University Press, 2007), and Sexual Freedom in Restoration Literature (Cambridge University Press, 1995).