The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse
By (author): "Alistair Fowler, Alastair Fowler"
Publish Date:
January 30th 1992
ISBN0192840878
ISBN139780192840875
AsinThe New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century Verse
Original titleThe New Oxford Book of Seventeenth-Century Verse
This anthology includes generous selections from the work of all the century's major poets, notably Donne, Jonson, Milton, Drayton, Herbert, Marvell, and Dryden. It strikes a balance between Metaphysical wit and intellect and Jonsonian simplicity, while also accommodating hitherto neglected popular verse. The result is a truer, more catholic representation of seventeenth-century verse than any previous anthology.