Book description
This volume covers the period from Johne Donne to Andrew Marvell. It begins with a survey of the background to English Lieature from 1603 to 1660, followed by a survey of the literature itself. The rest of the book is made up of a series of essays dealing in detail with Donne, the poems of Ben Jonson, Herbert and the devotional poets, the Cavalier poets, Milton, Marvell, Hobbes, Bunyan, and Cowley. In addition the volume contains an appendix of biographies and bibliographies.
CONTENTS:
General Introduction
PART 1
The Background to English Literature: 1603-60
PART 2
A Survey of Literature from Donne to Marvell
PART 3
The European Background to Baroque Sensibility
The Poems of John Donne
The Prose of Donne and Browne
Ben Jonson’s Poetry
George Herbert and the Devotional Poets
The Cavalier Poets
Milton’s Religious Verse
The Poetry of Andrew Marvell
Political Debate and Thomas Hobbes
The Humanism of John Bunyan
Abraham Cowley
PART 4
Appendix
Index
