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Andrew Marvell

Chapter 13: ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS
By Augustine Birrell
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The biography traces the subject's upbringing and education in rural settings and at university, then follows his roles as poet, civil servant during the Commonwealth, and long-serving member of Parliament. It examines his lyrical and satirical writing—both pastoral poems and political tracts—his friendship and professional association with contemporary writers, extensive correspondence with constituents, and public conduct marked by discretion and wit. The author considers the elusiveness of the man's private character, assesses his literary style that bridges earlier lyric traditions and later sensibilities, and reviews final years, political interventions, and the publication and reception of his collected works.

ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS

Edited by JOHN MORLEY

Cloth 12mo 75 cents net, each

GEORGE ELIOT. By Leslie Stephen.

WILLIAM HAZLITT. By Augustine Birrell.

MATTHEW ARNOLD. By Herbert W. Paul.

JOHN RUSKIN. By Frederic Harrison.

JOHN GREENLEAF WHITTIER. By Thomas W. Higginson.

ALFRED TENNYSON. By Alfred Lyall.

SAMUEL RICHARDSON. By Austin Dobson.

ROBERT BROWNING. By G. K. Chesterton.

CRABBE. By Alfred Ainger.

FANNY BURNEY. By Austin Dobson.

JEREMY TAYLOR. By Edmund Gosse.

ROSSETTI. By Arthur C. Benson.

MARIA EDGEWORTH. By the Hon. Emily Lawless.

HOBBES. By Leslie Stephen.

ADAM SMITH. By Francis W. Hirst.

THOMAS MOORE. By Stephen Gwynn.

SYDNEY SMITH. By George W. E. Russell.

WILLIAM CULLEN BRYANT. By William A. Bradley.

WILLIAM HICKLING PRESCOTT. By Harry Thurston Peck.

EDWARD FITZGERALD. By A. C. Benson.

ANDREW MARVELL. By Augustine Birrell.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-66 Fifth Avenue, New York

ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS

Edited by JOHN MORLEY

The earlier issues of this series are also to be had conveniently bound in twelve uniform volumes.

Cloth. $1.00 per volume

CHAUCER. By Adolphus William Ward.
SPENSER. By R. W. Church.
DRYDEN. By George Saintsbury.
MILTON. By Mark Pattison, B. D.
GOLDSMITH. By William Black.
COWPER. By Goldwin Smith.
BYRON. By John Nichol.
SHELLEY. By John Addington Symonds.
KEATS. By Sidney Colvin, M. A.
WORDSWORTH. By F. W. H. Myers.
SOUTHEY. By Edward Dowden.
LANDOR. By Sidney Colvin, M.A.
LAMB. By Alfred Ainger.
ADDISON. By W. J. Courthope.
SWIFT. By Leslie Stephen.
SCOTT. By Richard H. Hutton.
BURNS. By Principal Shairp.
COLERIDGE. By H. D. Traill.
HUME. By T. H. Huxley, F.R.S.
LOCKE. By Thomas Fowler.
BURKE. By John Morley.
FIELDING. By Austin Dobson.
THACKERAY. By Anthony Trollope.
DICKENS. By Adolphus William Ward.
GIBBON. By J. Cotter Morison.
CARLYLE. By John Nichol.
MACAULAY. By J. Cotter Morison.
SIDNEY. By J. A. Symonds.
DE QUINCEY. By David Masson.
SHERIDAN. By Mrs. Oliphant.
POPE. By Leslie Stephen.
JOHNSON. By Leslie Stephen.
GRAY. By Edmund Gosse.
BACON. By R. W. Church.
BUNYAN. By J. A. Froude.
BENTLEY. By R. C. Jebb.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-66 Fifth Avenue, New York

ENGLISH MEN OF LETTERS

Edited by JOHN MORLEY

Cloth 12mo 40 cents each

ADDISON. By W. J. Courthope.
BACON. By R. W. Church.
BENTLEY. By Prof. Jebb.
BUNYAN. By J. A. Froude.
BURKE. By John Morley.
BURNS. By Principal Shairp.
BYRON. By Prof. Nichol.
CARLYLE. By Prof. Nichol.
CHAUCER. By Prof. A. W. Ward.
COLERIDGE. By H. D. Traill.
COWPER. By Goldwin Smith.
DEFOE. By W. Minto.
DE QUINCEY. By Prof. Masson.
DICKENS. By A. W. Ward.
DRYDEN. By G. Saintsbury.
FIELDING. By Austin Dobson.
GIBBON. By J. Cotter Morison.
GOLDSMITH. By William Black.
GRAY. By Edmund Gosse.

JOHNSON. By Leslie Stephen.
HUME. By T. H. Huxley.
KEATS. By Sidney Colvin.
LAMB. By Alfred Ainger.
LANDOR. By Sidney Colvin.
LOCKE. By Prof. Fowler.
MACAULAY. By J. Cotter Morison.
MILTON. By Mark Pattison.
POPE. By Leslie Stephen.
SCOTT. By R. H. Hutton.
SHELLEY. By J. A. Symonds.
SHERIDAN. By Mrs. Oliphant.
SIR PHILIP SIDNEY. By J. A. Symonds.
SOUTHEY. By Prof. Dowden.
SPENSER. By R. W. Church.
STERNE. By H. D. Traill.
SWIFT. By Leslie Stephen.
THACKERAY. By A. Trollope.
WORDSWORTH. By F. W.H. Myers.

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64-66 Fifth Avenue, New York