This fully-annotated anthology of sixteenth-century English verse features generous selections from the canonical poets, alongside judicious selections from lesser-known authors.
- Includes complete works or substantial extracts of longer poems wherever possible, including Book III of the ‘Faerie Queene’ and the whole of ‘Astrophil and Stella’.
- Covers a range of genres, including the love lyric, mythological narrative, sacred poetry and political poetry.
- Encourages readers to discover unusual and interesting connections and contrasts between poems and poets.
- Detailed annotations facilitate close reading of the poems.
Selected Contents by Theme.
Alphabetical list of authors.
Chronology of Poems and Historical Events.
Introduction.
Anonymous.
“Western wind, when will thou blow,”.
“In a goodly night, as in my bed I lay”.
“O lusty lily, the lantern of all gentleness,”.
John Skelton (1460?-1529).
“Skelton laureate…”.
From Divers Ballads and Ditties Solacious.
“The ancient acquaintance, madam, between us twain”.
Philip Sparrow.
FromGarland or Chaplet of Laurel.
Sir Thomas More (1477-1535).
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