The Making and Marketing of Tottel's Miscellany 1557 Songs and Sonnets in the Summer of the Martyrs' Fires |
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| Author:
| Warner, J. Christopher |
| Series title: | Catholic Christendom, 1300-1700 Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-317-02496-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2016 |
| Publisher: | Routledge
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| Book Format: | Digital (delivered electronically) |
| List Price: | USD $48.95 |
Book Description:
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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 forms to England. Yet those scholars who have paid attention to the book usually dismiss its literary quality and regard its chief...
More DescriptionFirst 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 forms to England. Yet those scholars who have paid attention to the book usually dismiss its literary quality and regard its chief accomplishment as paving the way for the Golden Age of Elizabethan verse to come. As Professor Warner makes clear, however, there is much more historical significance to the Miscellany than merely being a precursor to Shakespeare and Sidney.