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Andrew Marvell - Pastoral and Lyric Poems 1681
Andrew Marvell Pastoral and Lyric Poems 1681 Author:Edited by David Omerod, and Christopher Wortham With the exception of a minor dialogue, probably the product of the poet's prentice days, and the 'Elegy on the Death of Lord Hastings', none of Marvell's pastoral and lyric poetry was published during his lifetime. We know it only from the Folio Miscellaneous Poems, which appeared in 1681, three years after Marvell's death. The 1681 Folio is al... more »most certainly very corrupt, yet virtually all modern editions of Marvell follow it extremely closely. This new edition incorporates many new readings, and argues for a radical revaluation of the Folio text. It omits the satirical works, and prints only the thirty two poems for which Marvell is chiefly read today.« less