Provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of the vitality and variety of achievement in seventeenth-century English poetry. Revised and up-dated throughout, Dr Parfitt has added new material on poets as varied as Marvell and Traherne. There is also a completely new chapter on women poets of the seventeenth century which considers the significant contributions of writers such as Katherine Philips and Margaret Cavendish. The proven quality and success of Dr Parfitt's survey makes this the essential companion for the teacher and student of seventeenth-century verse.
- ISBN10 1322157596
- ISBN13 9781322157597
- Publish Date 1 January 2014 (first published May 1985)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 14 April 2015
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Taylor and Francis
- Edition Revised ed.
- Format eBook
- Pages 303
- Language English