Andrew Marvell, Upon Appleton House

Anna Beskin (Fordham University)

Ed. by J A Roe, University of York
The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

First circulation or publication c. 1650

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

Resources

Andrew Marvell spent two years (1650-1652) at Nun Appleton, an estate in Yorkshire, with the Fairfax family, tutoring their young daughter and only child, Mary Fairfax. The time at Nun Appleton proved both influential and inspirational and was among Marvell’s most productive years as a writer and the place at which he penned “Upon Appleton House” in 1651 (Hirst and Zwicker). Although it was published posthumously in 1681, “Upon Appleton House” was written during a tumultuous time. The political unrest of the 1630s culminated in the Civil War and the beheading of King Charles I in 1649. And given that the underlying subject of “Upon Appleton House” is Lord Thomas Fairfax, a general for Parliament&…

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Citation: Beskin, Anna . "Upon Appleton House". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 08 May 2017 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=8573, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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