The Oxford book of sixteenth century verse
1970, Later Edition. Oxford : Clarendon Press. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked navy cloth boards. Corners show minor wear, with text edges somewhat dust-toned. Remains well-preserved overall; tight, bright and clean. Item #473796
Series; The Oxford books of verse. Physical description; xiii, 905 pages ; 20 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Partial listing of poets included: Sir Francis Bacon, William Baldwin, Barnabe Barnes, Richard Barnfield, Charles Best, Edmund Bolton, Nicholas Breton, Lord Brooke (Fulke Greville), Lord Burghley (William Cecil), Thomas Campion, George Chapman, Henry Chettle, Thomas Churchyard, George Clifford Earl of Cumberland, Henry Constable, William Cornish, Samuel Daniel, Sir John Davies, Francis Davison, Walter Davison, Thomas Dekker, Edward De Vere Earl of Oxford, Robert Devereux Earl of Essex, Earl of Dorset (Thomas Sackville), Michael Drayton, Sir Edward Dyer, Richard Edwardes, Queen Elizabeth, Edward Fairfax, Giles Fletcher, George Gascoigne, Arthur Golding, Robert Greene, Fulke Greville Lord Brooke, Bartholomew Griffin, Nicholas Grimald, Joseph Hall, John Harington the elder, Sir John Harington, Stephen Hawes, Heath, King Henry VIII, Mary Herbert Countess of Pembroke, John Heywood, Henry Howard Earl of Surrey, Thomas Howell, William Hunnis, John Lilliat, Thomas Lodge, John Lyly, Christopher Marlowe, John Marston, Sir Thomas More, Anthony Munday, Thomas Nashe, George Peele, John Pikeryng, Thomas Proctor, Sir Walter Ralegh, William Shakespeare, Sir Philip Sidney, John Skelton, Robert Southwell, Edmund Spenser, Chidiock Tichborne, Charles Tilney, George Turberville, Thomas Vaux (Lord Vaux), A. W., William Warner, Thomas Watson, R. Wever, Robert Wilson, Sir Thomas Wyatt. Subjects; English poetry. Early modern, 1500-1700. Reference. Literary criticism. Elizabethan poetry. Tudor poetry. Renaissance literature. Poets. Verses. Sonnets. Lyrics. Pastoral poetry. Court poetry. Dramatic verse. Satire. Elegies. Epigrams. Ballads. Emblem books. Civilization. England. Sources. Intellectual life. 16th century. Index. Bibliography.
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