THE LITERARY UNDERGROUND IN THE 1660S. Andrew Marvell, George Wither, Ralph Wallis, and the World of Restoration Satire and Pamphleteering.

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In his concise introduction to Restoration satire and detailed exploration of English poet and satirist Andrew Marvell's early career, author Bardle offers a fresh perspective of the literary scene in the 1660s and contributes to an emerging field of research on political and religious radicalism in the Restoration period.