Sixteenth-Century Poetry: An Annotated Anthology

This fully-annotated anthology of sixteenth-century English verse features generous selections from the canonical poets, alongside judicious selections from lesser-known authors.

• Includes complete works or substantial extracts of longer poems wherever possible, including Book III of the 'Faerie Queene' and the whole of 'Astrophil and Stella'.


• Covers a range of genres, including the love lyric, mythological narrative, sacred poetry and political poetry.


• Encourages readers to discover unusual and interesting connections and contrasts between poems and poets.


• Detailed annotations facilitate close reading of the poems.

Author: Gordon Braden
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Published: 01/14/2005
Series: Blackwell Annotated Anthologies #4
Pages: 608
Weight: 2.3lbs
Size: 9.64h x 6.70w x 1.31d
ISBN: 9781405101165