Herrick: Everyman's Poetry by Robert Herrick

Herrick: Everyman's Poetry by Robert Herrick

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Summary

Herrick lived through the civil wars and Restoration. In his best-known poems, "Cherry Ripe" and "Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May", he writes of loss, of the passing of time and of death. This book contains both texts and commentary.

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Herrick: Everyman's Poetry by Robert Herrick

Herrick lived through civil wars and Restoration. In his best-known poems- Cherry Ripe and Gather ye rosebuds while ye may' he writes of loss, of the passing of time, of death.
Douglas Brooks-Davies was born in Wimbledon in 1942, and educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Crosby and Brasenose College, Oxford. Formerly Senior Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Manchester, where he remains an Honorary Research fellow, he has published widely on Renaissance and later literature, and is now a freelance writer. His hobbies include gardening, singing, and playing the oboe.
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ISBN 13 9780460877992
ISBN 10 0460877992
Title Herrick: Everyman's Poetry
Author Robert Herrick
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Year published 1996-08-19
Number of pages 128
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.