Melodious Tears: The English Funeral Elegy from Spenser to MiltonThe funeral elegy is in some ways the quintessential English Renaissance genre. This book demonstrates how the elegy was used to experiment with theories of composition and style. |
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... Brittaine , and the world may vtter , | That Henrie dy'de but to admit his better ' ( A4 ' ) ) , a ' liuely mirror ' of the dead prince and of his father . Allyne tangles himself in the coils of panegyric inflation when he likens Henry ...
... Brittaine , and the world may vtter , | That Henrie dy'de but to admit his better ' ( A4 ' ) ) , a ' liuely mirror ' of the dead prince and of his father . Allyne tangles himself in the coils of panegyric inflation when he likens Henry ...
Page 153
... Brittaine , all in blacke : For the incomparable losse of Henry , our late worthy Prince ( 1612 ) . A second issue ( STC 23760.5 ) contains poems by Rowley . Heavens blessing , and earths joy : Or a true relation , of the al - beloved ...
... Brittaine , all in blacke : For the incomparable losse of Henry , our late worthy Prince ( 1612 ) . A second issue ( STC 23760.5 ) contains poems by Rowley . Heavens blessing , and earths joy : Or a true relation , of the al - beloved ...
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... Brittaine god doth here dyspose . Alias . Of Henryes death I knowe not which may boste For though that heauen have gaind what earth hath not the earth againe enioyes what heau'n hath not But wheather heau'n or earth have gotten most ...
... Brittaine god doth here dyspose . Alias . Of Henryes death I knowe not which may boste For though that heauen have gaind what earth hath not the earth againe enioyes what heau'n hath not But wheather heau'n or earth have gotten most ...
Contents
The English Tradition of Elegy | 9 |
The Elegies of Spenser and Sidney | 29 |
Elegies on Sidney 1568 and on Queen | 67 |
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