000			01530cam a2200205ua 4500
020			_a9780140423464
082			_a821.308 _bPEN
245	1	0	_aThe penguin book of renaissance verse
260			_aLondon _bPenguin Books _c2005
300			_a920p.
520			_aThe era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed one of the most fertile epochs in world literature. This anthology offers a broad selection of its poetry, and includes a wide range of works by the great poets of the age—notably Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Sepnser, John Donne, William Shakespeare and John Milton. Poems by less well-known writers also feature prominently—among them significant female poets such as Lady Mary Wroth and Katherine Philips. Compelling and exhilarating, this landmark collection illuminates a time of astonishing innovation, imagination and diversity. This selection by David Norbrook presents the poets as involved in dialogues within their own culture, which can still speak urgently to us today. Henry Woudhuysen, the editor, has provided highly detailed information about the widely differing forms in which many of these poems reached their early readers. This edition also includes a comprehensive introduction tot he poetry and poetics of the period.
650			_aLiterature
650	0		_aEnglish literature
650	0		_aEnglish fiction
650	0		_aPublic world
650	0		_aEnglish poetry--Early modern
650	0		_aRenaissance
650	0		_aEngland
942			_cBK
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