New essays on Thomas Traherne challenge traditional critical readings of the poet.

Poetic Priesthood reads seventeenth-century devotional verse as staging a surprising competition between poetry and the established church. The work of John Don

Flies are the most ubiquitous of insects: buzzing, minuscule, and seemingly insignificant, they've been both plagues and minor annoyances for millennia. Rather

Intellectual history and early modern history have always occupied an important place in Past and Present. First published in 1974, this volume is a collection