The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse by H. R. Woudhuysen

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The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse

1509-1659

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Editor - David Norbrook

Introduction by - David Norbrook

Editor - H. R. Woudhuysen

Penguin Classics
ePub eBook : 26 May 2005

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The era between the accession of Henry VIII and the crisis of the English republic in 1659 formed one of the most fertile epochs in world literature. This anthology offers a broad selection of its poetry, and includes a wide range of works by the great poets of the age - notably Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Sepnser, John Donne, William Shakespeare and John Milton. Poems by less well-known writers also feature prominently - among them significant female poets such as Lady Mary Wroth and Katherine Philips. Compelling and exhilarating, this landmark collection illuminates a time of astonishing innovation, imagination and diversity.