'Lords of Wine and Oile': Community and Conviviality in the Poetry of Robert Herrick

by Tom Cain and Ruth Connolly

'Lords of Wine and Oile' provides a long overdue book-length appraisal of the major seventeenth-century poet Robert Herrick. The collection reads his poetry in the context of his literary, musical, political, and religious affiliations and looks at how he both presents and constructs ideals of community through his work. Herrick is best known for his poetry's grace, good humour, and tolerant inclusiveness, characteristics at odds with the publication...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0199604770
• ISBN13: 9780199604777
• Release Date: October 2011
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.6" x 8.5"