| Selected Poems: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey Second Edition, Edition Contributor(s): Howard, Henry (Author), Keene, Dennis (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1857546997 ISBN-13: 9781857546996 Publisher: Carcanet Press OUR PRICE: $17.96 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2006 Annotation: Immensely influential in literary history for his development of blank verse and the Petrarchian sonnet form in English, and as the first modern translator of Virgil, this selection reveals the Earl of Surrey to be a subtle and graceful poet and translator whose vigorous and faithful versions of the "Aeneid" continue to enrich the literary tradition. Reflecting an idealized world of aristocratic virtues of chivalry and honor, these poems have both a rich language and formal sophistication. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | European - English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh |
| Series: Fyfield Books |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 5.42" W x 8.48" (0.37 lbs) 104 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - British Isles |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was known to his contemporaries as the most accomplished gentleman of his age, noble, learned and elegant. A man of his time, at the centre of the dangerous power games of the court of Henry VIII, Surrey was beheaded for his role in a conspiracy over the succession. His poetry reflects that world, in its idealisation of the aristocratic virtues of chivalry and honour, its rich language and formal sophistication. |