Summary: | Covering the lives and careers of John Donne, George Herbert, Richard Crashaw, Andrew Marvell, Henry Vaughan, and Thomas Traherne, the chronology illustrates how the writers' lives intersected with each other and with the great events of their age. Spanning from 1572 to 1695, each year's entries include major events in religious, political, and social history, illuminating the forces that shaped the lives of these poets and the course of English history. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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