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Seventeenth-Century Prose and Poetry
Seventeen-Century Prose and Poetry
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1124 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1963
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March 20, 2008
This book contains prose and poetry from the greats:
Ben Jonson, John Donne, John Milton, Robert Herrick, George Herbert. Their original conceits lift the soul and open the mind. I read this volume in college. I now sample from it regularly to fill my reservoir of beauty so I can face the rigors of life. The editors, Witherspoon and Warnke, selected well what to include--from the woodcuts of Francis Quarles to excerpts from Izaak Walton's Complete Angler to the essays of Sir Francis Bacon to the Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan. It is a feast for the hungry lover of the English language, and it covers the topic well for anyone who would enjoy an anthology of the time. Highly recommended.
Ben Jonson, John Donne, John Milton, Robert Herrick, George Herbert. Their original conceits lift the soul and open the mind. I read this volume in college. I now sample from it regularly to fill my reservoir of beauty so I can face the rigors of life. The editors, Witherspoon and Warnke, selected well what to include--from the woodcuts of Francis Quarles to excerpts from Izaak Walton's Complete Angler to the essays of Sir Francis Bacon to the Pilgrim's Progress by Bunyan. It is a feast for the hungry lover of the English language, and it covers the topic well for anyone who would enjoy an anthology of the time. Highly recommended.
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