Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Acknowledgments xi
4. Abbreviations xiii
5. Introduction xv
6. CHAPTER ONE. Vaughan In and Out of "the Shade of His Owne Bayes": Poems 1646 1
7. CHAPTER TWO. Olor Iscanus and the Disenchanted Muse 25
8. CHAPTER THREE. Serious Play in Brecknock: Cavalier Fellowship and the Transmigration of Wit 45
9. CHAPTER FOUR. Eminent Measure: The Poetics of Conversion 70
10. CHAPTER FIVE. Making the Purchase Spread 116
11. CHAPTER SIX. Spitting out the Phlegm: The Conflict of Voices in Silex Scintillans 157
12. CHAPTER SEVEN. "The Night" and Vaughan's "Late and Dusky" Age 186
13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Thalia Rediviva: Looking Backward and Forward 212
14. Index of Vaughan's Works 235
15. General Index 238