This work brings together ten recent and critically informed essays by leading scholars on one of the most challenging and important 17th century poets. The essays examine Marvell's poems from lyrics, such as "To His Coy Mistress" and "The Nymph Complaining for the Death of her Fawn" to celebrations of Cromwell and republican civil war culture and his biting Restoration satires. Representing the most significant critical trends in Marvell criticism over the last 20 years, the essays and the authoritative editorial work provide an excellent introduction to Marvell's work.