The replication and critique of libertinism in Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'

A. D. Cousins

doi:10.1111/rest.12032

The replication and critique of libertinism in Andrew Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress'

A. D. Cousins^*

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Abstract

Marvell's 'To His Coy Mistress' both iterates and interrogates the discourse of sexual libertinism. His poem presents a double picture of libertine verse and the version of Epicurean philosophy informing it. That picture problematically sets topoi from the literature of sexual libertinism against Christian orthodoxy, refusing to portray their opposition in terms of unqualified polarities. At the last, Marvell leaves his readers to choose between rival visions of the world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	392-404
Number of pages	13
Journal	Renaissance Studies
Volume	28
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/rest.12032
Publication status	Published - Jun 2014

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Andrew Marvell
Libertinism
Seventeenth-century poetry

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