17th Century Poets
Aphra Behn
Widowed young, Behn was a spy & did a stint in debtor’s prison, then became, according to Vita Sackville-West, the first English woman to earn her living by writing. A couple of her poems & a bibliography for further reading are on her page at sappho.com, links are at the Aphra Behn Society & there is a brief bio at Danuta Bois’ Distinguished Women of Past & Present.
Widowed young, Behn was a spy & did a stint in debtor’s prison, then became, according to Vita Sackville-West, the first English woman to earn her living by writing. A couple of her poems & a bibliography for further reading are on her page at sappho.com, links are at the Aphra Behn Society & there is a brief bio at Danuta Bois’ Distinguished Women of Past & Present.
Aphra Behn
Aphra Behn is the protagonist in Molly Brown’s well-researched historical novel, Invitation to a Funeral & the Web tour of Restoration London inspired by it.
Aphra Behn is the protagonist in Molly Brown’s well-researched historical novel, Invitation to a Funeral & the Web tour of Restoration London inspired by it.
John Donne
Best known of the English Metaphysical poets, Donne wrote the oft-quoted Devotion, “For whom the bell tolls. . . No man is an island.” Luminarium has links to many of his songs & sonnets, elegies, epigrams, satires & meditations, often with RealAudio readings, as well as essays on Donne to spark your thoughts.
Best known of the English Metaphysical poets, Donne wrote the oft-quoted Devotion, “For whom the bell tolls. . . No man is an island.” Luminarium has links to many of his songs & sonnets, elegies, epigrams, satires & meditations, often with RealAudio readings, as well as essays on Donne to spark your thoughts.
John Donne
John Donne Online is a rich reference site at Global Language Resources (formerly Oxford University), with e-texts of Donne’s works & an audio archive including a selected Poem of the Month.
John Donne Online is a rich reference site at Global Language Resources (formerly Oxford University), with e-texts of Donne’s works & an audio archive including a selected Poem of the Month.
John Donne
Donne’s poems can also be found online at Incompetech’s British Author Series, Representative Poetry Online at the University of Toronto & at Dead Poets Society.
Donne’s poems can also be found online at Incompetech’s British Author Series, Representative Poetry Online at the University of Toronto & at Dead Poets Society.
John Donne
If you wish to pursue a deeper scholarly interest in Donne, visit the John Donne Society, founded by the editors of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne & sponsor of The John Donne Journal.
If you wish to pursue a deeper scholarly interest in Donne, visit the John Donne Society, founded by the editors of The Variorum Edition of the Poetry of John Donne & sponsor of The John Donne Journal.
John Dryden
According to Bowling Green State University’s Restoration Drama page (since disappeared from the Web), “little is known about John Dryden except what is contained in his works.” Some poems & his essay “Of Dramatic Poesie” are at the University of Toronto’s Representative Poetry Online & the eMule Poetry Archives have a Dryden collection as well. He was also an admirer & translator of Chaucer.
According to Bowling Green State University’s Restoration Drama page (since disappeared from the Web), “little is known about John Dryden except what is contained in his works.” Some poems & his essay “Of Dramatic Poesie” are at the University of Toronto’s Representative Poetry Online & the eMule Poetry Archives have a Dryden collection as well. He was also an admirer & translator of Chaucer.
George Herbert
With Donne & Marvell, Herbert is one of the primary Metaphysicals, a religious & ecclesiastical poet who nonetheless appeals to today's secular readers. A good number of his poems are at the University of Toronto's Representative Poetry On-line & Luminarium has links to his works elsewhere on the Net.
With Donne & Marvell, Herbert is one of the primary Metaphysicals, a religious & ecclesiastical poet who nonetheless appeals to today's secular readers. A good number of his poems are at the University of Toronto's Representative Poetry On-line & Luminarium has links to his works elsewhere on the Net.
George Herbert & The Temple
This site offers Herbert's poems arranged for Christian devotion: “40 Days Through the Church Porch,” poems from The Temple indexed by title/subject/motif & “One-a-Day Thoughts.”
This site offers Herbert's poems arranged for Christian devotion: “40 Days Through the Church Porch,” poems from The Temple indexed by title/subject/motif & “One-a-Day Thoughts.”
Ben Jonson
Best known as a dramatist (his first play had Shakespeare in its cast), Jonson was also a gifted lyric poet & author of the still-familiar “Song To Cecilia”: “Drink to me only with thine eyes. . .”
Best known as a dramatist (his first play had Shakespeare in its cast), Jonson was also a gifted lyric poet & author of the still-familiar “Song To Cecilia”: “Drink to me only with thine eyes. . .”
Luminarium Early 17th Century English Literature
Anniina Jokinen's labor of love is a beautiful multimedia collection of photos, introductory essays, texts and critical resources covering Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Herrick, Marvell, Milton & more. The very best place to start your study of 17th Century poetry on the Net.
Anniina Jokinen's labor of love is a beautiful multimedia collection of photos, introductory essays, texts and critical resources covering Donne, Jonson, Herbert, Herrick, Marvell, Milton & more. The very best place to start your study of 17th Century poetry on the Net.
Andrew Marvell
Known in his own century as a politician, pamphleteer & assistant to the blind John Milton, Marvell is remembered today for his lyric poems, like “On a Drop of Dew” & “To His Coy Mistress.”
Known in his own century as a politician, pamphleteer & assistant to the blind John Milton, Marvell is remembered today for his lyric poems, like “On a Drop of Dew” & “To His Coy Mistress.”
John Milton
The Milton-L home page is the most comprehensive source of etexts & information on the author of Paradise Lost -- including a big collection of audio texts & the archives of the Milton-L discussion list.
The Milton-L home page is the most comprehensive source of etexts & information on the author of Paradise Lost -- including a big collection of audio texts & the archives of the Milton-L discussion list.
John Milton Reading Room
The Milton Reading Room at Dartmouth has everything from Il Penseroso to Lycidas to Samson Agonistes, but be warned, its server can be excruciatingly slow.
The Milton Reading Room at Dartmouth has everything from Il Penseroso to Lycidas to Samson Agonistes, but be warned, its server can be excruciatingly slow.
John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester
Mark Ynys-Môn has created a Web shrine to the notoriously naughty 17th century poet of love & rude satire.
Mark Ynys-Môn has created a Web shrine to the notoriously naughty 17th century poet of love & rude satire.