Royalists and Royalism in 17th-Century Literature Exploring Abraham Cowley
Synopsis
Author of plays, love-lyrics, essays and, among other works, The Civil War, the Davideis and the Pindarique Odes, Abraham Cowley made a deep impression on seventeenth-century letters, attested by his extravagant funeral and his burial next to Chaucer and Spenser in Westminster Abbey. Ejected from Cambridge for his politics, he found refuge in royalist Oxford before seeing long service as secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria, and as a Crown agent, on the continent. In the mid-1650s he returned to England, was imprisoned and made an accommodation with the Cromwellian regime. This volume of essays provides the modern critical attention Cowley’s life and writings merit.Book details
- Series:
- Routledge Studies in Renaissance Literature and Culture
- Author:
- Philip Major
- ISBN:
- 9781000712131
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780367808129, 9780367406349, 9780367406349
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Pages:
- N/A
- Reading age:
- Not specified
- Includes images:
- Yes
- Date of addition:
- 2020-03-24
- Usage restrictions:
- Copyright
- Copyright date:
- 2018
- Copyright by:
- Taylor
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Categories:
- Language Arts, Literature and Fiction