Marvell’s Aviary: The Cassowary
Marvell’s shrewd references to birds in his poetry and prose come in ‘Last Instructions’ to include that most exotic of fowl, the cassowary. By way of simile the voracious cassowary there serves to comment on the voracious Excise tax. Editors have overlooked how near to hand cassowaries might be for...
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Open Library of Humanities
2018-10-01
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| Series: | Marvell Studies |
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| Online Access: | https://marvell.openlibhums.org/articles/13 |