The Making and Marketing of Tottel’s Miscellany, 1557 - Songs and Sonnets in the Summer of the Martyrs’ Fires

First published in the summer of 1557 - as the protestant martyrs' pyres blazed across England - Songes and Sonettes, written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other (more generally known as Tottel's Miscellany) is widely regarded as the first anthology of English poetry responsible for introducing Italianate verse

List of contents

Introduction: From Printer to Reader; Chapter 1 “The workes of diuers Latines, Italians, and other”; Chapter 2 “To do as praiseworthely as the rest”; Chapter 3 “Thinke it not euill doon”;

About the author

J. Christopher Warner is Professor of English at Le Moyne College in Syracuse, New York, USA.

Summary

First published in the summer of 1557 - as the protestant martyrs’ pyres blazed across England - Songes and Sonettes, written by the ryght honorable Lorde Henry Haward late Earle of Surrey, and other (more generally known as Tottel’s Miscellany) is widely regarded as the first anthology of English poetry responsible for introducing Italianate verse

Product details

• Authors: J. Christopher Warner
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 14.10.2024
• EAN: 9781032924588
• ISBN: 978-1-032-92458-8
• No. of pages: 264
• Weight: 453 g
• Series: Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; History, HISTORY / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Christianity / General, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / General, Christianity, c 1500 onwards to present day, History of Religion, Archaeology, Literature: history & criticism, Literary studies: general, Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800, Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800, History and Archaeology, Literature: history and criticism, Modern Period, C 1500 Onwards