World Enough and Time: The Life of Andrew Marvell

by Nicholas Murray

Although the century which followed Andrew Marvell's death remembered him primarily as a politician and a pamphleteer, this gifted poet is responsible for some of the most brilliant lyric exploration of his time. World Enough and Time is an extensive biography written by Nicholas Murray, a biographer whose literary scholarship and political astuteness matches that of his subject.

Genres: Poetry, Biography, History

366 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

About the author

Nicholas Murray is an English biographer, poet and journalist.
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Reviews

[Jeremy · Rating 4 out of 5]

A very interesting book on the 17th century poet, diplomat, politician and pamphleteer Andrew Marvel. Murray does a superb job of locating all the available information on this enigmatic man and then making some kind of sense of it all. Marvel's poetry, couched in 17th century language and studded with classical allusions, can be hard to understand at times, but Murray does a great job here as well through analysis and explanation. I wonder how much longer these men will still be read in a world increasingly given to the smartphone whose youngest users appear to have the attention span of a malnourished gnat!

[David · Rating 3 out of 5]

Educational, not interesting or entertaining.

[James McCrone · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is a very good biography of Andrew Marvel. I picked it up because I am looking to write something about him. I found it engaging and informative. I also found it refreshing that the author didn't try to fill in missing blanks with conjecture but rather admits to there being areas of Marvel's life we don't know about.

[Jan-Jaap van Peperstraten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Fascinating biography of Andrew Marvell, the metaphysical poet who as it turned out was also a professional politician. Well written and peppered with delicious little anecdotes about the high & mighty of Restoration Britain