Edmund Waller (1606-1687)

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Edmund Waller (1606-1687) is written by Philip Major and published by Brill. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 9004463976 (ISBN 10) and 9789004463974 (ISBN 13).

Edmund Waller (1606-1687): New Perspectivesreappraises the life and works of an important but neglected seventeenth-century English poet. Admired at court in the 1630s and at the Restoration, Waller made a deep impression on contemporary poetry: his collection of Poems(1645) was widely acclaimed and had an 'extraordinary impact' on future poets. The book investigates, among other things, Waller's political views on affairs of state, his social and literary interactions with younger poets, his friendship with John Evelyn while in exile, his technical poetic innovations, his rivalry with Andrew Marvell, his elegies, and his contemporary and posthumous reputation. The contributors are Warren Chernaik, Daniel Cook, Stephen Deng, Martin Dzelzainis, Richard Hillyer, Philip Major, Michael P. Parker, Tessie Prakas, Geoffrey Smith, Thomas Ward, and Gillian Wright.