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Zusatztext [an] outstanding collection of essays by a host of international critics ... a significant edition that offers comprehensive and valuable insights into the poetry of Herrick and its role in early modern literary culture as well as into the theory and practice of literary criticism at this point in time Informationen zum Autor Ruth Connolly is a lecturer in seventeenth-century literature at the School of English, Newcastle University. She has published on early modern women's writing and on the influence of Herrick's experience of manuscript circulation on the construction of Hesperides. She is currently co-editing Robert Herrick: The Complete Poetry for Oxford University Press.Tom Cain has recently retired as Professor of Early Modern Literature from the School of English in Newcastle University. He has published widely on Herrick and Donne and edited Poetaster for the Revels series, Sejanus for the Cambridge edition of Jonson's Works, the Poetry of Mildmay Fane for Manchester University Press and is currently co-editing Robert Herrick: The Complete Poetry for Oxford University Press. Klappentext A long overdue book-length appraisal of the major seventeenth-century poet Robert Herrick. The collection reads his poetry in the context of his literary, musical, political, and religious affiliations and looks at how he both presents and constructs ideals of community through his work. Zusammenfassung A long overdue book-length appraisal of the major seventeenth-century poet Robert Herrick. The collection reads his poetry in the context of his literary, musical, political, and religious affiliations and looks at how he both presents and constructs ideals of community through his work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface A Note on Quotations List of Illustrations Contributors Introduction: Herrick's Communities of Manuscript and Print 1: Katharine Eisaman Maus: Why Read Herrick? 2: John Creaser: 'Jocond his Muse was': Celebration and Virtuosity in Herrick 3: Leah S. Marcus: Conviviality Interrupted or, Herrick and Postmodernism 4: Michelle O'Callaghan: 'Those Lyrick Feasts, made at the Sun, the Dog, the triple Tunne': Going Clubbing with Ben Jonson 5: Nicholas McDowell: Herrick and the Order of the Black Riband: Literary Community in Civil War London and the Publication of Hesperides (1648) 6: Line Cottegnies: 'Leaves of Fame': Katherine Philips and Robert Herrick's Shared Community 7: Richard Wistreich: 'Thou and Ile sing to make these dull Shades merry': Herrick's Charon Dialogues 8: Stella Achilleos: Ile bring thee Herrick to Anacreon:' Robert Herrick's Anacreontics and the Politics of Conviviality in Hesperides 9: Syrithe Pugh: Supping with Ghosts: Imitation and Immortality in Herrick 10: Stacey Jocoy: 'Touch but thy Lire (my Harrie)':Henry Lawes and the Mirthful Music of Hesperides 11: Graham Parry: His Noble Numbers 12: Achsah Guibbory: Afterword:Herrick's Community, the Babylonian Captivity, and the Uses of Historicism Further Reading Index ...
