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First published in 1961. This study analyses Shakespeare's
treatment of the universal themes of Beauty, Love and Time. He
compares Shakespeare with other great poets and sonnet writers -
Pindar, Horace and Ovid, with Petrarch, Tasso and Ronsart, with
Shakespeare's own English predecessors and contemporaries, notably
Spenser, Daniel and Drayton and with John Donne. By discussing
their resemblances and differences, a not altogether orthodox
picture of Shakespeare's attitude to life is presented, which
suggests that he was not as phlegmatic and equable a person as
critics have often supposed.
First published in 1969. These nine lectures written by the
distinguished scholar J. B. Leishman examines the various themes,
context and structure of Milton's poetry, with particular focus on
L'Allegro, Il Penseroso and Lycidas. This title will be of great
interest to students of John Milton and English Literature.
First published in 1969. These nine lectures written by the
distinguished scholar J. B. Leishman examines the various themes,
context and structure of Milton's poetry, with particular focus on
L'Allegro, Il Penseroso and Lycidas. This title will be of great
interest to students of John Milton and English Literature.
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". His success depended on originality of
combination rather than originality of invention. But while such
phrases as "Musick, the Mosaique of the Air,'' "Desarts of vast
Eternity,"- and "a green Thought in a green shade" were certainly
inspired by others, they are distinctively and unquestionably
Marvell's own. Marvell's poetry is shown to be the work of a man
living at a certain moment in history; it is poetry which could not
have been written at any other time, and its affinities to the work
of contemporary poets are clearly demonstrated. The Art of
Marvell's Poetry is a must read for scholars and researchers of
English poetry, English literature, and European literature.
First Published in 1951, The Monarch of Wit presents John Donne's
poetry in its proper context. The chief purpose of the book is to
enable the reader to approach Donne's poetry without preconceptions
of what 'metaphysical' poetry is or ought to be. Some of the
questions which the author constantly has in mind are these: What
are the main resemblances and differences, on the one hand, between
Donne's poetry and Ben Jonson's, and, on the other hand, between
Donne's poetry and that of poets who are commonly regarded as his
disciples? How much of Donne's poetry may be appropriately
described as "metaphysical", as personal or autobiographical, or as
the expression of what has been called a "unified sensibility"?
This book is a must read for scholars and researchers of English
poetry, English literature, and European literature.
First published in 1961. This study analyses Shakespeare's
treatment of the universal themes of Beauty, Love and Time. He
compares Shakespeare with other great poets and sonnet writers -
Pindar, Horace and Ovid, with Petrarch, Tasso and Ronsart, with
Shakespeare's own English predecessors and contemporaries, notably
Spenser, Daniel and Drayton and with John Donne. By discussing
their resemblances and differences, a not altogether orthodox
picture of Shakespeare's attitude to life is presented, which
suggests that he was not as phlegmatic and equable a person as
critics have often supposed.
Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the
1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly
expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable,
high quality, modern editions, using the original text and artwork.
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