Marvell: Selected Poems. by Andrew Marvell

by Andrew Marvell

Providing an accessible approach to the works of Andrew Marvell, this text provides a discussion of the themes, issues and contexts, as well as outlining suggestions for further reading.

208 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2012

About the author

Frequently satirical work of English metaphysical poet Andrew Marvell includes "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Definition of Love," both published posthumously.

A clergyman fathered Andrew Marvell, a parliamentarian. John Donne and George Herbert associated him. He befriended John Milton, a colleague.

The family moved to Hull, where people appointed his father as lecturer at church of Holy Trinity, and where grammar school educated the young Marvell. A secondary school in the city is now named after him.

He most famously composed The Garden , An Horatian Ode upon Cromwell's Return from Ireland , and the Country House Poem , Upon Appleton House .

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