The Complete Poems (Penguin Classics) - Softcover

Marvell, Andrew

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0140422137 ISBN 13: 9780140422139

Publisher: Penguin Classics, 1976

Synopsis

Member of Parliament, tutor to Oliver Cromwell's ward, satirist and friend of John Milton, Andrew Marvell was one of the most interesting and important poets of the seventeenth century. The Complete Poems demonstrates his unique skill and immense diversity to the full, and includes lyrical love-poetry, religious works and biting satire. From the passionately erotic To his Coy Mistress, to the astutely political Cromwellian poems and the profoundly spiritual On a Drop of Dew, in which he considers the nature of the soul, these works are masterpieces of clarity and metaphysical imagery. Eloquent and compelling, they remain among the most vital and profound works of the era - works by a figure who, in the words of T. S. Eliot, 'speaks clearly and unequivocally with the voice of his literary age'.

About this title

Book Description:

Perhaps the most accessible English lyric poet of the seventeenth century, Marvell was also a master of political satire. Passionate and brilliant, witty and learned, this astute man of affairs combined the friendship of Milton with the patronage of Cromwell and the admiration of Charles II.

About the Author:

Marvell, Andrew (1621-78), was one of the English Metaphysical Poets. Educated at Cambridge, he worked as a clerk, traveled abroad, and returned to serve as tutor to Lord Fairfax's daughter in Yorkshire. In 1657 he was appointed John Milton's assistant in the Latin secretaryship, and in 1659 he was elected to Parliament, where he served until his death. He was one of the chief wits and satirists of his time as well as being a Puritan and a public defender of individual liberty. Today, however, he is known chiefly for his brilliant lyric poetry, which includes The Garden, The Definition of Love, Bermudas, and To His Coy Mistress, and for his Horatian Ode to Cromwell.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Classics
• Publication date: 1976
• ISBN 10: 0140422137
• ISBN 13: 9780140422139
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 320
• Editor: Donno Elizabeth