World Enough And Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell - Hardcover

Murray, Nicholas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0316648639 ISBN 13: 9780316648639

Verlag: Little, Brown, 1999

Inhaltsangabe

Fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong.; 294 pages; 294 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm. Summary: The life of poet Andrew Marvell (1621-78) has often seemed puzzling and enigmatic. In this biography, he emerges as an important figure in the political as well as the poetic life of his time. Marvell lived through one of the most turbulent periods in English history and, after the Civil War and the Commonwealth, he became a Member of Parliament at the Restoration, serving the town of Hull until his death nearly two decades later. These political events enter his poems, sometimes directly, as in the famous Horatian Ode on Oliver Cromwell, sometimes indirectly as in his deceptively formal pastoral and lyric verse. This biography attempts to present an integrated portrait of Marvell the poet and the politician, and to show that for Marvell, poetry and politics were not opposed activities. Subjects: Poets, English - 17th century - Biography. Poets, English - Early modern, 1500-1700 - Biography.

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Críticas:

Nicholas Murray persuasively conveys in WORLD ENOUGH AND TIME the perpetual alertness of the man and his work. (EVENING STANDARD)

This judicious work does much to elucidate Marvell's wonderful verse. (INDEPENDENT)

[An] excellent biography. (DAILY EXPRESS)

This new biography will provide assiatance in the effort of making judgements and insights into this very amiable, talented and ultimately startlingly original writer. (CONTEMPORARY REVIEW)

Reseña del editor:

Andrew Marvell (1621-78) enjoys an unrivalled reputation based on the popularity of poems like TO HIS COY MISTRESS, yet his life has often seemed puzzling and enigmatic. In the first fully comprehensive biography of Marvell since the 1960s, the poet emerges for the first time as an important figure in the political as well as the poetic life of his time. Marvell lived through one of the most turbulent periods in English history and, after the Civil War and the Commonwealth, he became a Member of Parliament at the Restoration, serving the town of Hull until his death nearly two decades later. These political events enter his poems, sometimes directly, as in the famous HORATIAN Ode on Oliver Cromwell, sometimes indirectly as in his deceptively formal pastoral and lyric verse. This biography attempts to present an integrated portrait of Marvell the poet and the politician and to show that for Marvell poetry and politics were not opposed activities.

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• Verlag: Little, Brown
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0316648639
• ISBN 13: 9780316648639
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 304