Katherine Philips (1632-1664) - Printed Publications 1651-1664

Informationen zum Autor Paula Loscocco is from the Department of English at Sarah Lawrence College, USA Klappentext Katherine Philips was a major seventeenth-century poet and playwright who became widely known for her innovative use of Donnean poetics to express passionate female friendship, her occasional verses on private friends and public figures, and her moral and political acuity. These works; which cover her publications, her poetry and her printed letters, provide the most comprehensive guide available to furthering our understanding of who Philips was and how she conducted her literary career. Zusammenfassung Katherine Philips was a major seventeenth-century poet and playwright who was popular for her innovative use of Donnean poetics. She had the mixed fortune of being enshrined in posthumous volumes that both celebrated and misrepresented her achievement. This book tells who Philips was and how she conducted her literary career. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents: Preface by the General Editors; Introductory Note; To the Memory of the most Ingenious and Vertuous Gentleman Mr Wil:Cartwright, my much valued Friend (1651); To the much honoured Mr. Henry Lawes, On his Excellent Compositions in Musick; Mutuall Affection betweene Orinda and Lucatia (1655); The Table (1655); To the Queens Majesty Upon Her Happy Arrival (1662); Ode. On Retirement; To the Right Honourable, the Lady Mary Butler at Her Marriage to the Lord Cavendish; The Irish Greyhound (1663); Commendatory verses and The Table (1663); Pompey: A Tragoedy (1663); Poems. By the Incomparable, Mrs. K.P.(1664).

Product details

• Authors: Paula Loscocco, Loscocco Paula
• Publisher: ASHGATE PUB CO
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.04.2007
• EAN: 9780754602118
• ISBN: 978-0-7546-0211-8
• No. of pages: 490
• Dimensions: 197 mm x 260 mm x 32 mm
• Series: The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works a " Printed Writings, 1641a "1700; The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works & Printed Writings, 1641-1700: Series II, Part Three; The Early Modern Englishwoman: A Facsimile Library of Essential Works & Printed Writings, 1641-1700: Series II, Part Three
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, LITERARY CRITICISM / Women Authors, Literary studies: general, Gender studies: women, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Gender studies: women and girls