Andrew Marvell : the chameleon / Nigel Smith.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Smith, Nigel, 1958-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678.

Marvell, Andrew.

Marvell, Andrew, 1621-1678--Political and social views.

Poets, English--Early modern, 1500-1700--Biography.

Poets, English.

Legislators--Great Britain--Biography.

Legislators.

Politics and literature--Great Britain--History--17th century.

Politics and literature.

Great Britain--Politics and government--1660-1688.

Great Britain.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xi, 400 p.) ) ill., maps.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The seventeenth-century poet Andrew Marvell (1621-1678) is one of the most intriguing figures in English literature. A noted civil servant under Cromwell's Protectorate, he has been variously identified as a patriot, spy, conspirator, concealed homosexual, father to the liberal tradition, and incendiary satirical pamphleteer and freethinker. But while Marvell's poetry and prose has attracted a wide modern following, his prose is known only to specialists, and much of his personal life remains shrouded in mystery.Nigel Smith's pivotal biography provides an unparalleled look into Marvell's life, from his early employment as a tutor and gentleman's companion to his suspicious death, reputedly a politically fueled poisoning. Drawing on exhaustive archival research, the voluminous corpus of Marvell's previously little known writing, and recent scholarship across several disciplines, Smith's portrait becomes the definitive account of this elusive life.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

MAPS

PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Chapter 1. Introduction: The Problem of Andrew Marvell

Chapter 2. Roots

Chapter 3. A Decade of Crises

Chapter 4. Poetry and Revolution

Chapter 5. The Tutor

Chapter 6. Civil Service

Chapter 7. Cavalier Revenge

Chapter 8. The Painter and the Poet Dare

Chapter 9. Cabal Days

Chapter 10. Indulgence and Rehearsal

Chapter 11. Brute Divines

Chapter 12. Arbitrary Power

Chapter 13. Afterlife and Revelation

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [346]-377) and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 24. Apr 2020)

ISBN:

0-300-16839-X

OCLC:

961618042