Sir John Denham (1614/15-1669) reassessed : the state's poet / edited by Philip Major.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Major, Philip, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669--Criticism and interpretation.

Denham, John.

Denham, John, Sir, 1615-1669.

Criticism and interpretation.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 226 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

Sir John Denham (1614/15-1669) Reassessed shines new light on a singular, colourful yet elusive figure of seventeenth-century English letters. Despite his influence as a poet, wit, courtier, exile, politician and surveyor of the king's works, Denham, remains a neglected figure. The original essays in this interdisciplinary collection provide the sustained modern critical attention his life and work merit. The book both examines for the first time and reassesses important features of Denham's life and reputations: his friendship circles, his role as a political satirist, his religious inclinations, his playwriting years, and the personal, political and literary repercussions of his long exile; and offers fresh interpretations of his poetic magnum opus, Coopers Hill. Building on the recent resurgence of scholarly interest in royalists and royalism, this lively account of Denham's influence questions assumptions about neatly demarcated seventeenth-century chronological, geographic and literary boundaries. What emerges is a complex man who subverts as well as reinforces conventional characterisations of court wit, gambler and dilettante. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Denham as Cavalier / John Stubbs Stubbs, John 12

2 'The good Fellow is no where a stranger': Friendship and Faction in the Travels of Sir John Denham, 1646-60 / Geoffrey Smith Smith, Geoffrey 31

3 Restoration Theatre and Interregnum Royalism: The Cavalier Rivalry of John Denham and William Davenant / Marcus Nevitt Nevitt, Marcus 52

4 John Denham's The Sophy and Anglo-Persian Political Parallels / Amin Momeni Momeni, Amin 75

5 Sir John Denham the Political Satirist, 1642-46 / Victoria Anker Anker, Victoria 88

6 Political Authority, Discourse, and Tumult in the Revolutionary Writing of John Denham / Rory Tanner Tanner, Rory 106

7 Sir John Denham's A Version of the Psalms of David (1714) / Philip Major Major, Philip 122

8 The Hunting of the Stag: Denham, Davenant, and a Royalist Dispute over Poetry / Timothy Raylor Raylor, Timothy 143

9 Cooper's Well (1767): A Forgotten Denham Parody / J.P. Vander Motten Motten, J.P. Vander 161

10 Cooper's Hill and Runnymede as Sites of Memory / Naomi Howell Howell, Naomi, Philip Schwyzer Schwyzer, Philip 179.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781472458414

1472458419

OCLC:

930068039