An Andrew Marvell Chronology

I would hazard a guess that the prospect of reading a chronology of “facts” about Andrew Marvell's life would fail to set alight the imaginations of many scholars or students. It is pleasantly surprising that this assumption is gradually erased as the idiosyncrasies of Marvell's political career unfold.

As the title suggests An Andrew Marvell Chronology is a year by year, and where possible day by day, account of the activities of the poet and politician Andrew Marvell. Nicholas von Maltzahn, Professor of English at the University of Ottawa, Canada, has published widely on Marvell, Milton and their contemporaries. Numerous...