The New Oxford Book of Seventeenth Century VerseAlastair Fowler Oxford University Press, 1991 - 831 pages The seventeenth century saw some of the great achievements in the English language. Milton wrote Paradise Lost, Donne composed his Metaphysical verse, and Shakespeare his late Romances, not to mention the work of Dryden, Marvell, Jonson, and many others. Now, this remarkable quantity of extraordinary literature has been brought together here in one large volume. Like the previous edition, all of the best known works are present, but this new edition also responds to considerable changes in scholarship and perspective in recent years. Popular and minor poets take a place alongside their more well known peers. Alastair Fowler, the collection's distinguished editor, has included a generous portion of poetry by women, as well as a sampling of American colonial verse, while also striking a balance between Metaphysical and Jonsonian poetry. |
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Page vii
... Song II : ' March strongly forth , my Muse , ' 52. from Song II : ' Then Frome ( a nobler flood ) the Muses doth implore ' 53. from Song III : ' Where she , of all the plains of Britain ' 54. from Song XIII : ' With solitude what sorts ...
... Song II : ' March strongly forth , my Muse , ' 52. from Song II : ' Then Frome ( a nobler flood ) the Muses doth implore ' 53. from Song III : ' Where she , of all the plains of Britain ' 54. from Song XIII : ' With solitude what sorts ...
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... Song : On His Mistress ] 81 90. [ Song ] : ' What means this strangeness now of late ' 81 91. [ The Rejection ] 82 92. [ Upon His Unconstant Mistress ] 82 93. The Answer 83 84 8888 85 86 94. On the Prince's Death , to the King 95. Upon ...
... Song : On His Mistress ] 81 90. [ Song ] : ' What means this strangeness now of late ' 81 91. [ The Rejection ] 82 92. [ Upon His Unconstant Mistress ] 82 93. The Answer 83 84 8888 85 86 94. On the Prince's Death , to the King 95. Upon ...
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... Song 747 817. Against Constancy 748 818. A Satyr against Reason and Mankind 748 819. Upon Nothing 753 820. Song . ' Give me leave to rail at you ' 755 821. Song : ' Love a woman ? You're an ass ! ' 756 822. Song . ' Fair Chloris in a ...
... Song 747 817. Against Constancy 748 818. A Satyr against Reason and Mankind 748 819. Upon Nothing 753 820. Song . ' Give me leave to rail at you ' 755 821. Song : ' Love a woman ? You're an ass ! ' 756 822. Song . ' Fair Chloris in a ...
Contents
Introduction | xxxvii |
Acknowledgements | xlv |
ANNE HOWARD? 15571630 | 10 |
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