Andrew Marvell, Sexual Orientation, and Seventeenth-Century Poetry

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Focusing on Andrew Marvell's poetry, this analysis delves into the sexual attitudes of the English Interregnum and Restoration periods to explore the poet's own sexuality. Klawitter examines both major and minor lyrical works, contextualizing them within contemporary theories of human sexuality. The study aims to uncover the complexities of Marvell's writing and its reflection of societal norms surrounding sexuality during the seventeenth century.