Herrick, Fanshawe and the Politics of Intertextuality

Royalist polemic and a sophisticated use of classical allusion are at the heart of the two 1648 volumes which are the focus of this study, yet there are striking differences in their politics and in the ways they represent their relation to poetry of the past. Pugh''s study of these brilliant but neglected poets brings nuance to our understanding of literary royalism, and considers the interconnec...