The Complete Poems

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Penguin, 1985 - Fiction - 314 pages
Andrew Marvell was one of the most interesting and important poets of the seventeenth century.

He was also a member of parliament, tutor to a ward of Oliver Cromwell's, a satirist and a friend and colleague of Milton's. Yet, apart from one or two anthology pieces like 'To his Coy Mistress', his final establishment as a major poet has waited on the twentieth century. It was T.S. Eliot himself who finally insisted on Marvell's importance, and his essay of 1921 has set very largely the tone and context of modern criticisms.

Elizabeth Story Donno's edition was the first complete edition of Marvell's poetry to appear in paperback. This edition re-examines the textual basis of the poetry and is based on a recent study of the extant manuscripts. Except in special cases, the spelling has been modernized while the punctuation remains as indicated in the original. Modern translations are provided for Marvell's Greek and Latin poems.

 

Contents

I
9
II
13
III
17
IV
19
V
21
VI
23
VII
24
VIII
25
XXXV
103
XXXVI
105
XXXVII
106
XXXVIII
109
XL
111
XLI
112
XLII
116
XLIII
117

IX
28
X
32
XI
34
XII
37
XIII
39
XIV
40
XV
42
XVI
44
XVII
47
XVIII
49
XIX
50
XX
52
XXI
54
XXII
55
XXIII
58
XXIV
61
XXV
62
XXVI
63
XXVII
64
XXVIII
66
XXIX
67
XXX
71
XXXI
73
XXXII
75
XXXIII
100
XXXIV
102
XLIV
125
XLVI
126
XLVII
137
XLIX
138
LI
139
LIII
144
LV
148
LVI
157
LVII
183
LVIII
191
LIX
192
LX
194
LXI
197
LXII
199
LXIII
202
LXIV
203
LXV
204
LXVI
208
LXVII
211
LXVIII
213
LXX
215
LXXI
219
LXXII
307
LXXIII
311
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About the author (1985)

Andrew Marvell was born on March 31, 1621 at Winestead-in-Holderness, Yorkshire. He graduated from Cambridge University in 1638. He acted as the tutor of the daughter of the Lord General of parliamentary forces and of Oliver Cromwell's ward. Marvell was also John Milton's assistant. Marvell's best known poem is "To His Coy Mistress." Under false names, he wrote numerous political and religious satires. Andrew Marvell died on August 16, 1678, the circumstances of his death questionable. Some claim that he died of an accidental medical overdose while others feel that he was poisoned by his enemies.