Abraham Cowley

These poems succeed in making the Christian life of resignation and unselfishness into a series of heroic trials and combats. MA has the makings of a fine poet in the grand style; she evidently learned...

These poems praise the retired life, withdrawn from worldly ambition, in the manner of Cowley . The contrast which Philips draws between private worth and public corruption belongs both to her public and private statements...

JB writes to one male friend (my Adopted Brother) on his approaching marriage, not to congratulate but to dissuade. She reflects her intimate knowledge of the work of Katherine Philips and Abraham Cowley

In some sense, therefore, she dictated the terms of the anthology. Its full title was The Virgin Muse: Being a Collection of Poems from our Most Celebrated English Poets, designed for the use of...

Mention on the title-page of her translations from French emphasizes her interest in French literary and musical culture. In the wake of Marriott's edition, KP had told Cotterell she had mixed feelings about his...