Texts and readers in the Age of Marvell

Texts and Readers in the Age of Marvell offers fresh perspectives from leading and emerging scholars on seventeenth-century British literature, with a focus on the surprising ways that texts interacted with writers and readers at specific cultural moments.

Texts and Readers in the Age of Marvell offers fresh perspectives from leading and emerging scholars on seventeenth-century British literature, with a focus on the surprising ways that texts interacted with writers and readers at specific cultural moments.

Texts and Readers in the Age of Marvell offers fresh perspectives from leading and emerging scholars on seventeenth-century British literature, with a focus on the surprising ways that texts interacted with writers and readers at specific cultural moments.

Introduction, Christopher D'Addario and Matthew AugustineI Models and Paradigms1. 'Historicism Wither Thou?,' Christopher D'Addario, Gettysburg College2. 'Impractical Criticism,' Michael Schoenfeldt, University of Michigan3. 'Reading and Counting: Censorship in the 1640s,' Randy Robertson, Susquehanna UniversityII Novel Encounters: New Contexts for Seventeenth-Century Literature4. 'The Endangered Child: Authority and Abuse in the Seventeenth-Century Schoolroom,' Derek Hirst, Washington University in St. Louis5. 'Nehemiah Wallington ,' Kathleen Lynch, Folger Shakespeare Library6. 'Andrew Marvell and European Poetry,' Nigel Smith, Princeton University7. 'Waller, Tasso, and Marvell's Last Instructions,' Timothy Raylor, Carleton College8. 'Demonic Cold: Dryden and Purcell's King Arthur and English National Identity,' Anne Cotteril, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyIII Strange Points and New: Revisionist Literary Histories9. 'Small Portals: Marvell's Horatian Ode, Print Culture and Literary History,' Joad Raymond, University of East Anglia10. 'How John Dryden Read His Milton,' Matthew Augustin, University of St. Andrews11. 'Marvell Beyond Himself: From The Rehearsal Transpos'd to A Tale of A Tub, Michael McKeon, Rutgers University12. 'Afterward,' Steven Zwicker, Washington University of St. Louis