In the following excerpt, first published in 1913, Schelling classifies the poetry of Carew, Herrick, and the other Cavalier poets as secular, and stresses its relation to the social life of the perio...
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In this essay, Clayton presents an overview of the four major Cavalier poets: Robert Herrick, Thomas Carew, John Suckling, and Richard Lovelace.
Herrick, Carew, Suckling, and Lovelace share a conti...
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In the essay below, Scodel argues that Cavalier poets “playfully and sometimes outrageously” replaced temperance with “a mistress's tantalizing coyness or a man's ta...
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In the following essay, Swann examines how Cavalier poets fetishized women in their works and discusses what this reveals about masculine anxiety.
Stephen Greenblatt has argued that the critic who ...
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In this essay, Aggeler discusses Cavalier drama of the interregnum and notes that it is rich in political and religious content.
In spite of the great contributions by Hyder Rollins, Leslie Hotson ...
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In the essay that folllows, Weidhorn discusses Richard Lovelace's critical reputation and considers his body of work as a whole.
I. Reputation
Lovelace's reputation as a poet begins e...
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In the following essay, Wooden examines John Suckling's love letters and contends that they demonstrate control, awareness, sophistication, and unconventionality.
To our era as to his own, S...
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In the essay below, Sadler offers a biography of Thomas Carew, considers his reputation, and praises him for showing variety and care in his work.
As one can see from the Chronology, facts about th...
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In the following essay, Markel discusses poetry by Andrew Marvell that engages the Cavalier mode while at the same time exploring its conventions and limitations.
As Marvell's major lyrics h...
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William Shakespeare once creatively stated "what's to come is still unsure. In delay there lies no plenty...Youth's a stuff will not endure." In these lines, Shakespeare expresses Cavalier poetry at...
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Critical Essay by Felix E. Schelling
Transience Vs. Immortality
