The Art of Marvell's Poetry

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First Published in 1966, The Art of Marvell's Poetry presents J.B. Leishman's appreciation of Andrew Marvell's poems by demonstrating a sensitive understanding of attitudes peculiar to the seventeenth century and to Marvell. Leishman calls Marvell an "inveterate imitator and experimenter".

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Preface by Geoffrey Tillotson Preface by John Butt 1. Marvell the man 2. A preliminary survey of Marvell's poetry 3. Pastoral and semi-pastoral 4. 'Religious' Poems 5. The Bilborough and Appleton House poems 6. 'The Garden' Alphabetical table of Marvell's poems quoted or discussed Index