Marvell and Milton by Warren Chernaik - 9781009735643

Name: Marvell and Milton by Warren Chernaik - 9781009735643
Brand: Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press

Marvell and MiltonPoets in a Fallen World\nAuthor(s): Warren Chernaik\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781009735643, 978-1009735643\nSynopsis\nBoth John Milton and Andrew Marvell have been revaluated in recent years. Yet this is the first sustained scholarly work to compare the two great seventeenth-century poets. In his new book, which stands as the culmination of a distinguished academic career, Warren Chernaik examines the relationship of the two writers and their complex responses to their troubled times. The poets were close friends, yet the trajectory of their careers and their posthumous reputations differed significantly. As well as taking an active part in the major political and religious upheavals of their times, both poets engaged seriously with classical, Christian and humanist thought. Combining close readings of their poetry and prose with detailed consideration of historical and i.