Tottel's Miscellany: Songs and Sonnets of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Sir Thomas Wyatt and Others Contributor(s): Holton, Amanda (Editor), Holton, Amanda (Notes by), Holton, Amanda (Introduction by) |
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ISBN: 0141192046 ISBN-13: 9780141192048 Publisher: Penguin Group OUR PRICE: $19.80 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism - History - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) |
Dewey: 821.308 |
Series: Penguin Classics |
Physical Information: 1.3" H x 5" W x 7.7" (0.85 lbs) 592 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: An eclectic and seminal collection of poetry from the Tudor period Songs and Sonnets (1557), the first printed anthology of English poetry, was immensely influential in Tudor England and inspired many major Elizabethan writers, including Shakespeare. Collected by pioneering publisher Richard Tottel, it brought poems of the aristocracy--verses of friendship, war, politics, death, and love--into common readership for the first time. The major poets of King Henry VIII's court, Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, were first printed in the volume. Wyatt's intimate poem about lost love that begins, They flee from me, that sometime did me seek, and Surrey's passionate sonnet Complaint of a lover rebuked are joined here by a range of intriguingly anonymous poems from the Tudor era that are both moral and erotic, intimate and universal. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. |