The Broadview Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose

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Alan Rudrum, Joseph Black, Holly Faith Nelson
Broadview Press, Aug 11, 2000 - Literary Collections - 1336 pages

The publication of The Broadview Anthology of Seventeenth-Century Verse and Prose is a literary event; this comprehensive volume is the first anthology of the period to reflect the breadth of seventeenth-century studies in recent decades. Over one hundred writers are included, from John Chamberlain at the beginning of the century to Elisabeth Singer Rowe at its end. There are generous selections from the work of all major writers, and a representation of the work of virtually every writer of significance. The work of women writers figures prominently, with extensive selections not only from canonical writers such as Behn and Bradstreet, but also from other writers (such as Katherine Philips and Margaret Cavendish) who have been receiving considerable scholarly attention in recent years.

The anthology is broadly inclusive, with writing from America as well as from the British Isles. Memoirs, letters, political texts, travel writing, prophetic literature, street ballads, and pamphlet literature are all here, as is a full representation of the literary poetry and prose of the period, including the poetry of Jonson; the prose of Bacon; the metaphysical poetry of Donne, Herbert, Marvell, and others; the lyric verse of Herrick; and substantial selections from the poetry and prose of Milton and Dryden. (While Samson Agonistes is included in its entirety, Milton’s epic poems have been excluded, in order to allow space for other works not so readily accessible elsewhere.)

The editors have included complete works wherever possible. A headnote by the editors introduces each author, and each selection has been newly annotated.

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Contents

JOHN CHAMBERLAIN
1
NICHOLAS BRETON
15
FRANCIS BACON
24
Aphorisms excerpts
49
KING JAMES VII
57
To the Virginian Voyage
63
AEMILIA LANYER
76
16
89
GEORGE HERBERT
363
45
369
Paradise
375
EDWARD WINSLOW
390
JAMES SHIRLEY
396
KING CHARLES I
420
WILLIAM WALWYN
434
JOHN EARLE
443

23
101
Songs and Sonnets
103
Elegies
114
Satires
120
Upon Emergent Occasions excerpts
128
26
138
BEN JONSON
146
28
156
Clerimonts Song
162
The Countess of Lincolns Nursery excerpts
183
THE OVERBURIAN CHARACTER
218
35
223
EDWARD LORD HERBERT OF CHERBURY
227
SIR ROBERT FILMER
279
38
283
WILLIAM BRADFORD
290
The Knole Diary 16031619 excerpts
298
ROBERT HERRICK
309
To Anthea who may Command him Anything
315
A Thanksgiving to God for his House
321
FRANCIS QUARLES
343
HENRY KING
354
Of Woman
450
An Elegy upon the Lady Venetia Digby
456
Nox nocti indicat Scientiam
463
Hydriotaphia UrneBurial
489
EDMUND WALLER
498
JOHN MILTON PROSE
554
Sir John Suckling
596
The Letters of Dorothy Osborne to Sir William Temple 165254
937
JOHN BUNYAN
953
KING CHARLES II
965
KATHERINE PHILIPS
1008
PHILOPHILIPPA
1017
GEORGE SAVILE MARQUIS OF HALIFAX
1036
ROBERT SOUTH
1056
THE PUTNEY Debates
1237
THE TRIAL OF KING CHARLES I
1261
THE GENTLEWOMANS COMPANION 1673
1276
COURT SATIRE 1682
1284
Index of First Lines
1291
LADY MARGARET HOBY
1300
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Alan Rudrum, a Professor Emeritus of English Literature at Simon Fraser University and the anthology’s senior editor, has published extensively on seventeenth-century British literature.

Joseph Black, an Associate Professor in the English Department at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, has published articles on sixteenth- and seventeenth-century British literature and book history.

Holly Faith Nelson, who recently obtained her doctorate from Simon Fraser University, is a Lecturer at Trinity Western University.

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