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Waller, Edmund - 1606–87, English poet. He studied at Eton and Cambridge and became a prominent speaker in Parliament at a young age. He married twice (1631 and 1644), but his early poems are addressed to "Sacharissa," Lady Dorothy Sidney, who refused to marry him. Although at first an antiroyalist, he later supported Charles I against Parliament and conceived |
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Toward an Augustan Poetic: Edmund Waller's ''Reform'' of English Poetry » Read Nowby Alexander Ward Allison. 101 pgs.
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Humor in British Literature, from the Middle Ages to the Restoration: A Reference Guide ("Edmund Waller (1606-1687)" begins on p. 176) » Read Nowby Don L. E. Nilsen. 230 pgs.
Collections: Literature, Entire LibraryHumor began in British literature during the Middle Ages, when Chaucer developed the storytelling tradition along with the ironies that resulted from the juxtaposition of people from different classes and points of view. This book overviews scholarship on humor in British literature from its...
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A History of English Literature, Vol. One: The Middle Ages and the Renascence (650-1660) ("Edmund Waller" begins on p. 362) » Read Nowby Emile Legouis, Louis Cazamian, Helen Douglas-Irvine. 390 pgs.
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The English Renaissance, 1510-1688 ("Edmund Waller" begins on p. 332) » Read Nowby V. de Sola Pinto. 381 pgs.
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The Lives of the English Poets ("Waller" begins on p. 67) » Read Nowby Samuel Johnson. 366 pgs.
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Edmund Waller, English Precieux, in Philological Quarterly » Read Nowby Thomas Kaminski. 25 pgs.
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Edmund Waller's Sacred Poems, in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900 » Read Nowby Richard Hillyer. 15 pgs.
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Poetry and Revolution: An Anthology of British and Irish Verse, 1625-1660 ("Edmund Waller" begins on p. 30 and "Edmund Waller" begins on p. 489) » Read Nowby Peter Davidson. 640 pgs.
Collections: Literature, Entire LibraryA completely new examination of mid-seventeenth-century verse from the British Islands, this work questions and discards the old label "Cavalier Poetry" and argues for a literary interpretation that demonstrates the verse as a canon rich in tumultuous, pluralistic, and radical writing.
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Restoration Verse, 1660-1715 ("Edmund Waller (1606-87)" begins on p. 1) » Read Nowby William Kerr. 442 pgs.
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English Poetry (1170-1892) ("Edmund Waller (1606-1687)" begins on p. 174) » Read Nowby John Matthews Manly. 580 pgs.
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The Bronze Treasury: An Anthology of 81 Obscure English Poets Together with Their Biographical Portraits ("Edmund Waller 1605-1687" begins on p. 122) » Read Nowby Harry Kemp. 448 pgs.
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