Classical Themes in the Non-Satiric Poetry of Andrew Marvell
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Chapter 1 examines the grammar school curriculum
in the early seventeenth century, paying special
attention to the classical texts usually taught and
to the normal pedagogic methods used. It also gives
an account of the courses of study at Trinity College,
Cambridge in the period. Chapter 2 discusses Marvell's
Latin poetry, and includes a detailed analysis of those
poems which have a close relation to the English lyrics.
Chapter 3 considers 'To His Coy Mistress' in the
context of the carpe diem tradition, suggesting that
a particular affinity exists between Marvell's poem
and the Greek amatory epigram, and also traces
Lucretian influence on its metaphors and language.
Chapter k discusses 'The Nymph complaining' as a pet
lament which is in the tradition of the Greek Anthology,
Book VII, and of neo-Latin pet poetry, but which also
echoes the ecphrastic epigram, in its concentration
on the aesthetic object. Chapter 5 analyses 'The
Garden' as a version of the Horatian retreat poem
which is much altered, chiefly by Marvell's use of
Ovidian allusion and Neoplatonic metaphors and ideas.
Chapter 6 examines the relation of 'Damon the Mower'
and 'The Mower's Song'to the pastoral complaint in
classical literature, and demonstrates the pervasiveness
of the influence of Pliny's Natural History on 'The
Mower against Gardens'. Chapter 7 argues that the
'Horatian Ode' is a meditation on fate and human
motivation in the manner of Lucan, and that Horatian
influence is slighter than has usually been thought.
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Coughlan, Patricia AnneCollections
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