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        Pastoral poetry of the English Renaissance

        An anthology

        by Sukanta Chaudhuri, J. B. Lethbridge, Sukanta Chaudhuri

        Introduction 1. Idyll VIII Theocritus, tr. anon. 2. Idyll XITheocritus, tr. anon. 3. The Pastorall WooingTheocritus (?), tr. Edward Sherburne 4. FragmentsTheocritus and Virgil, tr. 'T.B.' 5. Epitaph on Bion Moschus (?), tr. Thomas Stanley 6. Eclogue IVirgil, tr. William Webbe 7. Eclogue IIVirgil, tr. Abraham Fraunce 8. Eclogue IVVirgil, tr. Abraham Fleming 9. Eclogue XVirgil, tr. Abraham Fleming 10. Georgic II. 458-542Virgil, tr. Abraham Cowley 11. Georgic III. 295-9, 322-38, 404-7, 440 ff.Virgil, tr. Richard Robinson 12. Epode IIHorace, tr. Sir Richard Fanshawe 13. On the Rustic LifeAnonymous, tr. Richard Ashmore 14. The Consolation of Philosophy, Book II, Poem 5Boethius, tr. Queen Elizabeth I 15. Eclogue IV. 1-75Mantuan, tr. George Turberville 16. Eclogue VI. 54-105Mantuan, tr. Alexander Barclay 17. Eclogue VII. 1-50Mantuan, tr. Thomas Harvey 18. Robene and MakyneRobert Henryson 19. From Of Gentleness and NobilityJohn Rastell (?), John Heywood (?) 20. To His Little FieldMarcantonio Flaminio, tr. Richard Ashmore 21. Kala's ComplaintBasilio Zanchi, tr. William Drummond ofHawthornden 22. 'O eyes, that see not him'Jorge de Montemayor, tr. Bartholomew Yong 23. 'Passed contents'Jorge de Montemayor, tr. Bartholomew Yong 24. 'I pray thee keep my kine'Alonso Perez, tr. Bartholomew Yong 25. Prologue to the EcloguesAlexander Barclay 26. Eclogue I.175-304Alexander Barclay 27. Eclogue III.455-524Alexander Barclay 28. Eclogue IV.37-66, 93-232Alexander Barclay 29. 'Oh! Shepherd, Oh! Shepherd'Anonymous 30. 'Hey, troly loly lo, maid, whither go you?'Anonymous 31. Harpelus' ComplaintAnonymous 32. Eclogue II: DametasBarnabe Googe 33. Golden Age ChorusTorquato Tasso, tr. Samuel Daniel 34. Golden Age ChorusGiovanni Battista Guarini, tr. Richard Fanshawe 35. 'Along the verdant fields'Jean Chassanion, tr. Thomas Beard 36. SongJean Passerat, tr. William Drummond of Hawthornden 37. 'There where the pleasant Eske'Antonio Beffa, tr. William Drummond of Hawthornden 38. The Shepherd's Calendar, 'April'Edmund Spenser 39. 'O ye nymphs most fine'William Webbe 40. The Shepherd's Calendar, 'June'Edmund Spenser 41. The Shepherd's Calendar, 'July'Edmund Spenser 42. From Colin Clout's Come Home AgainEdmund Spenser 43. AstrophelEdmund Spenser 44. The Faerie Queene VI.ix.5-36Edmund Spenser 45. The Faerie Queene VI.x.5-30Edmund Spenser 46. From The Lady of MayPhilip Sidney 47. 'Come, shepherd's weeds...'Philip Sidney 48. 'My sheep are thoughts'Philip Sidney 49. 'And are you there Old Pas?'Philip Sidney 50. 'O sweet woods'Philip Sidney 51. 'You goat-herd gods...'Philip Sidney 52. 'Since that to death'Philip Sidney 53. 'Philisides, the Shepherd good and true'Philip Sidney (?) 54. Of the Quietness that Plain Country BringethThomas Churchyard 55. From A Revelation of the True MinervaThomas Blenerhasset 56. Argentile and CuranWilliam Warner 57. Amyntas: The Second LamentationThomas Watson, tr. Abraham Fraunce 58. Amyntas: The Last LamentationThomas Watson, tr. Abraham Fraunce 59. An Old-Fashioned Love, Epistle 1John Trussel (?) 60. The Argument of AmyntasJohn Finet (?) 61. 'Arcadian Syrinx'Abraham Fraunce 62. A Tale of Robin HoodAnonymous 63. From Daphnis and ChloeAngel Day 64. An Eclogue Gratulatory to Robert Earl of EssexGeorge Peele 65. From Descensus AstraeaeGeorge Peele 66. Apollo and Daphne, from the Bisham EntertainmentAnonymous 67. An Eclogue Between a Shepherd and a HerdmanArthur Gorges 68. The Country LassArthur Gorges 69. The Herdman's Happy LifeWilliam Byrd 70. 'Though Amarillis dance in green'William Byrd 71. The Shepherd's OdeRobert Greene 72. Doron's JigRobert Greene 73. Doron's Eclogue Joined with Carmela'sRobert Greene 74. The Description of the Shepherd and his WifeRobert Greene 75. The Shepherd's Wife's SongRobert Greene 76. The Song of a Country Swain at the Return of PhiladorRobert Greene 77. Of the Vanity of Wanton WritingsRobert Greene 78. Old Damon's PastoralThomas Lodge 79. Coridon's SongThomas Lodge 80. A Pleasant Eclogue between Montanus and CoridonThomas Lodge 81. Phillis, Sonnet 4Thomas Lodge 82. Phillis, Sonnet 12Thomas Lodge 83. To Reverend ColinThomas Lodge 84. The Passionate Shepherd to his LoveChristopher Marlowe 85. The Nymph's Reply to the ShepherdWalter Ralegh (?) 86. Another of the Same NatureAnonymous 87. Psalm 23tr. Sir John Davies 88. On Lazy and Sleeping ShepherdsAndrew Willett 89. Coridon to his PhillisEdward Dyer (?) 90. 'One night I did attend my sheep'Barnabe Barnes 91. 'Sing sing (Parthenophil)'Barnabe Barnes 92. From Oenone and ParisThomas Heywood 93. From Amphrisa the Forsaken ShepherdessThomas Heywood 94. Mercury's SongThomas Heywood 95. From The Affectionate Shepherd, The Second DayRichard Barnfield 96. From 'The Shepherd's Content'Richard Barnfield 97. Cynthia, Sonnet XVRichard Barnfield 98. Cynthia, Sonnet XVIIIRichard Barnfield 99. From ModeratusRobert Parry 100. Damon's DittyFrancis Sabie 101. 'Shepherd, i'faith now say'Robert Sidney 102. 'Day which so bright dids't shine'Robert Sidney 103. Chloris, Sonnet 3William Smith 104. Chloris, Sonnet 5William Smith 105. Description of Arcadia, from The Shepherd's ComplaintJohn Dickenson 106. From The Shepherd's Complaint John Dickenson 107. 'In a field full fair of flowers'Anonymous 108. The Unknown Shepherd's ComplaintAnonymous 109. To Thomas StrangwaysThomas Bastard 110. Sonnet from Sundry Christian PassionsHenry Lok 111. 'The Lord he is my shepherd'Nicholas Breton 112. 'Upon a dainty hill'Nicholas Breton 113. 'In time of yore'Nicholas Breton 114. 'Fair in a morn'Nicholas Breton 115. 'Fair Phillis is the shepherds' queen'Nicholas Breton 116. A pastoral of Phillis and CoridonNicholas Breton 117. 'In the merry month of May'Nicholas Breton 118. 'The fields are green'Nicholas Breton 119. A Shepherd's DreamNicholas Breton (?) 120. Coridon's Supplication to PhillisNicholas Breton 121. The Second Shepherd's SongNicholas Breton 122. A Farewell to the WorldNicholas Breton 123. 'Peace Shepherd'Anonymous 124. 'When I was a little swain'Nicholas Breton (?) 125. A Pastoral RiddleAnonymous 126. Upon a Kiss GivenJohn Lilliat 127. The Shepherdess Her ReplyJohn Lilliat 128. An Excellent Pastoral DittyJohn Ramsey (?) 129. On the Reported Death of the Earl of EssexAnonymous 130. Votum PrimumJohn Mansell (?) 131. The Page's Pleasant RustickAnonymous 132. Theorello. A Shepherd's IdyllionEdmund Bolton (?) 133. The Shepherds' Song for ChristmasEdmund Bolton (?) 134. Phillida's Love-Call to Her Coridon, and His Replying Anonymous 135. Damætas' Jig in Praise of His LoveJohn Wootton 136. Wodenfride's Song in Praise of Amargana'W.H.' 137. A Poor Shepherd's IntroductionRobert Chester 138. Eclogue upon the Death of Sir Philip Sidney'A.W.' 139. A Dialogue between Two Shepherds in Praise of AstraeaMary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke 140. Fiction How Cupid Made a Nymph Wound Herself with His Arrows Anonymous 141. 'A shepherd poor'Francis Davison 142. From The Ocean to CynthiaWalter Ralegh 143. Epitaph on Robert CecilWalter Ralegh 144. 'Feed on my flocks'Henry Chettle 145. A Pastoral Song between Phillis and AmarillisHenry Chettle (?) 146. The Shepherds' Spring SongHenry Chettle 147. The Good Shepherd's SorrowAnonymous 148. The Shepherd's LamentationAnonymous 149. Fair Dulcina ComplainethAnonymous 150. A Pleasant Country Maying SongAnonymous 151. The Country LassMartin Parker (?) 152. The Obsequy of Fair PhillidaAnonymous 153. The Shepherd and the KingAnonymous 154. The Lover's DelightAnonymous 155. Phillida Flouts MeAnonymous 156. Robin Hood and the ShepherdAnonymous 157. The Arcadian LoversAnonymous 158. The Beautiful Shepherdess of ArcadiaAnonymous 159. 'As at noon Dulcina rested'Anonymous 160. Idea the Shepherd's Garland, Eclogue VIIMichael Drayton 161. Idea the Shepherd's Garland, Eclogue VIIIMichael Drayton 162. Eclogue IX, 1606Michael Drayton 163. From Poly-OlbionMichael Drayton 164. The Shepherd's SirenaMichael Drayton 165. The Description of EliziumMichael Drayton 166. The Muses Elizium, Nymphal VIMichael Drayton 167. The Muses Elizium, Nymphal XMichael Drayton 168. From Pastoral Elegy IIIWilliam Basse 169. Laurinella, of True and Chaste LoveWilliam Basse 170. PhillisGiovan Battista (Giambattista) Marino, tr. William Drummond of Hawthornden 171. A Shepherd Inviting a Nymph to His CottageGirolamo Preti, tr. Edward Sherburne 172. 'Jolly shepherd and upon a hill as he sat'Thomas Ravenscroft 173. 'Come follow me merrily'Thomas Ravenscroft 174. To His Loving Friend Master John FletcherGeorge Chapman 175. Hymn to Pan, from The Faithful ShepherdessJohn Fletcher 176. A SonnetHonoré d'Urfé, tr. John Pyper 177. 'Close by a river clear'Honoré d'Urfé 178. From Christ's Victory and TriumphGiles Fletcher 179. The Complaint of the Shepherd HarpalusDavid Murray 180. 'A jolly shepherd that sat on Sion hill'Anonymous 181. 'Alas, Our Shepherd'William Alabaster 182. The Shepherd's Speech from Himatia-PoleosAnthony Munday 183. To His Much Loved Friend Master W BrowneChristopher Brooke 184. An Eclogue between Willy and WernockeJohn Davies of Hereford 185. The Shepherd's Hunting, Eclogue VGeorge Wither 186. From Fair VirtueGeorge Wither 187. Hymn for a Sheep-ShearingGeorge Wither 188. Hymn for a ShepherdGeorge Wither 189. Britannia's Pastorals, Book I.195-561William Browne 190. Britannia's Pastorals, Book II.817-1050William Browne 191. To PenshurstBen Jonson 192. To Sir Robert WrothBen Jonson 193. Hymns from Pan's AnniversaryBen Jonson 194. A New Year's Gift Sung to King Charles, 1635Ben Jonson 195. From The Careless ShepherdessThomas Goffe 196. Damon and MoerisWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 197. Erycine at the Departure of AlexisWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 198. Alexis to DamonWilliam Alexander 199. A Pastoral Elegy on the Death of Sir Anthony AlexanderWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 200. Fragment of a Greater WorkWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 201. From 'Damon: or a Pastoral Elegy'George Lauder 202. Hermes and LycaonEdward Fairfax 203. The SolitudeAntoine Girard Saint-Amant, tr. Thomas, Third Baron Fairfax. 204. Amor ConstansChristopher Morley 205. The Shepherds' Dialogue of LoveAnonymous 206. Technis' TaleRichard Brathwait 207. The Shepherds' HolidayRichard Brathwait 208. 'Tell me love what thou canst do'Richard Brathwait 209. Song: 'Love as well can make abiding'Mary Wroth 210. 'A shepherd who no care did take'Mary Wroth 211. 'You pleasant flowery mead'Mary Wroth 212. Of Jack and TomJames I 213. From Taylor's PastoralJohn Taylor 214. 'Woodmen Shepherds'James Shirley 215. An Eclogue between a Carter and a ShepherdNicholas Oldisworth 216. A SonnetWilliam Herbert, Earl of Pembroke 217. An Ode upon Occasion of His Majesty's Proclamation Richard Fanshawe 218. Songs from Fuimus TroesJasper Fisher 219. Piscatory Eclogue VIIPhineas Fletcher 220. To My Beloved Thenot in Answer of His VersePhineas Fletcher 221. From The Purple IslandPhineas Fletcher 222. Christmas, Part IIGeorge Herbert 223. To My Noblest Friend, I. C. EsquireWilliam Habington 224. That a Pleasant Poverty Is to Be Preferred Before Discontented Riches Abraham Cowley 225. The Country LifeAbraham Cowley, tr. by himself 226. Eclogue to Master JonsonThomas Randolph 227. An Eclogue Occasioned by Two Doctors Disputing upon Predestination Thomas Randolph 228. An Eclogue on the Palilia on Cotswold HillsThomas Randolph 229. A Dialogue betwixt a Nymph and a ShepherdThomas Randolph 230. LycidasJohn Milton 231. Ode IV.21: From The Song of SongsCasimir Sarbiewski, tr. George Hills 232. The Praise of a Religious RecreationCasimir Sarbiewski, tr. George Hills 233. The SpringThomas Carew 234. To SaxhamThomas Carew 235. On Westwell DownsWilliam Strode 236. Thenot's AbodeAnonymous 237. All Hail to HatfieldAnonymous 238. Tom and WillSidney Godolphin (?) 239. The Shepherd's OracleFrancis Quarles 240. Scenes from a Pastoral PlayJane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley 241. A Pastoral upon the Birth of Prince CharlesRobert Herrick 242. A Pastoral Sung to the KingRobert Herrick 243. To His MuseRobert Herrick 244. The Hock-CartRobert Herrick 245. A New-Year's Gift Sent to Sir Simeon StewardRobert Herrick 246. A Dialogue Weeping the Loss of PanMildmay Fane 247. My Happy Life, to a FriendMildmay Fane 248. In Praise of a Country LifeMildmay Fane 249. From PsycheJoseph Beaumont 250. A Pastoral Dialogue between Coridon and ThyrsisAnonymous 251. The ShepherdsHenry Vaughan 252. Daphnis: An Elegiac EclogueHenry Vaughan 253. From The Shepherd's HolidayWilliam Denny 254. 'Jack! Nay prithee come away'Patrick Cary 255. The Pleasure of RetirementEdward Benlowes 256. A Description of Shepherds and ShepherdessesMargaret Cavendish 257. A Shepherd's Employment Is Too Mean an Allegory for Noble Ladies Margaret Cavendish 258. Similizing the Sea to Meadows and PasturesMargaret Cavendish 259. Jack the Plough-Lad's LamentationThomas Robins (?) 260. A Pastoral DialogueThomas Weaver 261. The Isle of ManThomas Weaver 262. Upon Cloris Her Visit after MarriageWilliam Hammond 263. A Pastoral Song: With the AnswerAnonymous 264. A Pastoral SongAnonymous 265. A SongAnonymous 266. The Land-Schap between Two HillsEldred Revett 267. The MilkmaidsAnonymous 268. Coridon and StrephonAston Cokayn 269. The Old Ballet of Shepherd TomAnonymous 270. The Jolly ShepherdAnonymous 271. To My Ingenious Friend Master BromeIzaak Walton 272. Pastoral on the King's DeathAlexander Brome 273. A Dialogue betwixt Lucasia and RosaniaKatherine Philips 274. A Country LifeKatherine Philips 275. Eclogue. Corydon, ClottenCharles Cotton 276. An Invitation to PhillisCharles Cotton 277. On the Execrable Murder of Charles IAnthony Spinedge Index of authors Index of titles and first lines ;

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        Pastoral poetry of the English Renaissance

        An anthology

        by Sukanta Chaudhuri, J. B. Lethbridge, Sukanta Chaudhuri

        Introduction 1. Idyll VIII Theocritus, tr. anon. 2. Idyll XITheocritus, tr. anon. 3. The Pastorall WooingTheocritus (?), tr. Edward Sherburne 4. FragmentsTheocritus and Virgil, tr. 'T.B.' 5. Epitaph on Bion Moschus (?), tr. Thomas Stanley 6. Eclogue IVirgil, tr. William Webbe 7. Eclogue IIVirgil, tr. Abraham Fraunce 8. Eclogue IVVirgil, tr. Abraham Fleming 9. Eclogue XVirgil, tr. Abraham Fleming 10. Georgic II. 458-542Virgil, tr. Abraham Cowley 11. Georgic III. 295-9, 322-38, 404-7, 440 ff.Virgil, tr. Richard Robinson 12. Epode IIHorace, tr. Sir Richard Fanshawe 13. On the Rustic LifeAnonymous, tr. Richard Ashmore 14. The Consolation of Philosophy, Book II, Poem 5Boethius, tr. Queen Elizabeth I 15. Eclogue IV. 1-75Mantuan, tr. George Turberville 16. Eclogue VI. 54-105Mantuan, tr. Alexander Barclay 17. Eclogue VII. 1-50Mantuan, tr. Thomas Harvey 18. Robene and MakyneRobert Henryson 19. From Of Gentleness and NobilityJohn Rastell (?), John Heywood (?) 20. To His Little FieldMarcantonio Flaminio, tr. Richard Ashmore 21. Kala's ComplaintBasilio Zanchi, tr. William Drummond ofHawthornden 22. 'O eyes, that see not him'Jorge de Montemayor, tr. Bartholomew Yong 23. 'Passed contents'Jorge de Montemayor, tr. Bartholomew Yong 24. 'I pray thee keep my kine'Alonso Perez, tr. Bartholomew Yong 25. Prologue to the EcloguesAlexander Barclay 26. Eclogue I.175-304Alexander Barclay 27. Eclogue III.455-524Alexander Barclay 28. Eclogue IV.37-66, 93-232Alexander Barclay 29. 'Oh! Shepherd, Oh! Shepherd'Anonymous 30. 'Hey, troly loly lo, maid, whither go you?'Anonymous 31. Harpelus' ComplaintAnonymous 32. Eclogue II: DametasBarnabe Googe 33. Golden Age ChorusTorquato Tasso, tr. Samuel Daniel 34. Golden Age ChorusGiovanni Battista Guarini, tr. Richard Fanshawe 35. 'Along the verdant fields'Jean Chassanion, tr. Thomas Beard 36. SongJean Passerat, tr. William Drummond of Hawthornden 37. 'There where the pleasant Eske'Antonio Beffa, tr. William Drummond of Hawthornden 38. The Shepherd's Calendar, 'April'Edmund Spenser 39. 'O ye nymphs most fine'William Webbe 40. The Shepherd's Calendar, 'June'Edmund Spenser 41. The Shepherd's Calendar, 'July'Edmund Spenser 42. From Colin Clout's Come Home AgainEdmund Spenser 43. AstrophelEdmund Spenser 44. The Faerie Queene VI.ix.5-36Edmund Spenser 45. The Faerie Queene VI.x.5-30Edmund Spenser 46. From The Lady of MayPhilip Sidney 47. 'Come, shepherd's weeds...'Philip Sidney 48. 'My sheep are thoughts'Philip Sidney 49. 'And are you there Old Pas?'Philip Sidney 50. 'O sweet woods'Philip Sidney 51. 'You goat-herd gods...'Philip Sidney 52. 'Since that to death'Philip Sidney 53. 'Philisides, the Shepherd good and true'Philip Sidney (?) 54. Of the Quietness that Plain Country BringethThomas Churchyard 55. From A Revelation of the True MinervaThomas Blenerhasset 56. Argentile and CuranWilliam Warner 57. Amyntas: The Second LamentationThomas Watson, tr. Abraham Fraunce 58. Amyntas: The Last LamentationThomas Watson, tr. Abraham Fraunce 59. An Old-Fashioned Love, Epistle 1John Trussel (?) 60. The Argument of AmyntasJohn Finet (?) 61. 'Arcadian Syrinx'Abraham Fraunce 62. A Tale of Robin HoodAnonymous 63. From Daphnis and ChloeAngel Day 64. An Eclogue Gratulatory to Robert Earl of EssexGeorge Peele 65. From Descensus AstraeaeGeorge Peele 66. Apollo and Daphne, from the Bisham EntertainmentAnonymous 67. An Eclogue Between a Shepherd and a HerdmanArthur Gorges 68. The Country LassArthur Gorges 69. The Herdman's Happy LifeWilliam Byrd 70. 'Though Amarillis dance in green'William Byrd 71. The Shepherd's OdeRobert Greene 72. Doron's JigRobert Greene 73. Doron's Eclogue Joined with Carmela'sRobert Greene 74. The Description of the Shepherd and his WifeRobert Greene 75. The Shepherd's Wife's SongRobert Greene 76. The Song of a Country Swain at the Return of PhiladorRobert Greene 77. Of the Vanity of Wanton WritingsRobert Greene 78. Old Damon's PastoralThomas Lodge 79. Coridon's SongThomas Lodge 80. A Pleasant Eclogue between Montanus and CoridonThomas Lodge 81. Phillis, Sonnet 4Thomas Lodge 82. Phillis, Sonnet 12Thomas Lodge 83. To Reverend ColinThomas Lodge 84. The Passionate Shepherd to his LoveChristopher Marlowe 85. The Nymph's Reply to the ShepherdWalter Ralegh (?) 86. Another of the Same NatureAnonymous 87. Psalm 23tr. Sir John Davies 88. On Lazy and Sleeping ShepherdsAndrew Willett 89. Coridon to his PhillisEdward Dyer (?) 90. 'One night I did attend my sheep'Barnabe Barnes 91. 'Sing sing (Parthenophil)'Barnabe Barnes 92. From Oenone and ParisThomas Heywood 93. From Amphrisa the Forsaken ShepherdessThomas Heywood 94. Mercury's SongThomas Heywood 95. From The Affectionate Shepherd, The Second DayRichard Barnfield 96. From 'The Shepherd's Content'Richard Barnfield 97. Cynthia, Sonnet XVRichard Barnfield 98. Cynthia, Sonnet XVIIIRichard Barnfield 99. From ModeratusRobert Parry 100. Damon's DittyFrancis Sabie 101. 'Shepherd, i'faith now say'Robert Sidney 102. 'Day which so bright dids't shine'Robert Sidney 103. Chloris, Sonnet 3William Smith 104. Chloris, Sonnet 5William Smith 105. Description of Arcadia, from The Shepherd's ComplaintJohn Dickenson 106. From The Shepherd's Complaint John Dickenson 107. 'In a field full fair of flowers'Anonymous 108. The Unknown Shepherd's ComplaintAnonymous 109. To Thomas StrangwaysThomas Bastard 110. Sonnet from Sundry Christian PassionsHenry Lok 111. 'The Lord he is my shepherd'Nicholas Breton 112. 'Upon a dainty hill'Nicholas Breton 113. 'In time of yore'Nicholas Breton 114. 'Fair in a morn'Nicholas Breton 115. 'Fair Phillis is the shepherds' queen'Nicholas Breton 116. A pastoral of Phillis and CoridonNicholas Breton 117. 'In the merry month of May'Nicholas Breton 118. 'The fields are green'Nicholas Breton 119. A Shepherd's DreamNicholas Breton (?) 120. Coridon's Supplication to PhillisNicholas Breton 121. The Second Shepherd's SongNicholas Breton 122. A Farewell to the WorldNicholas Breton 123. 'Peace Shepherd'Anonymous 124. 'When I was a little swain'Nicholas Breton (?) 125. A Pastoral RiddleAnonymous 126. Upon a Kiss GivenJohn Lilliat 127. The Shepherdess Her ReplyJohn Lilliat 128. An Excellent Pastoral DittyJohn Ramsey (?) 129. On the Reported Death of the Earl of EssexAnonymous 130. Votum PrimumJohn Mansell (?) 131. The Page's Pleasant RustickAnonymous 132. Theorello. A Shepherd's IdyllionEdmund Bolton (?) 133. The Shepherds' Song for ChristmasEdmund Bolton (?) 134. Phillida's Love-Call to Her Coridon, and His Replying Anonymous 135. Damætas' Jig in Praise of His LoveJohn Wootton 136. Wodenfride's Song in Praise of Amargana'W.H.' 137. A Poor Shepherd's IntroductionRobert Chester 138. Eclogue upon the Death of Sir Philip Sidney'A.W.' 139. A Dialogue between Two Shepherds in Praise of AstraeaMary Herbert, Countess of Pembroke 140. Fiction How Cupid Made a Nymph Wound Herself with His Arrows Anonymous 141. 'A shepherd poor'Francis Davison 142. From The Ocean to CynthiaWalter Ralegh 143. Epitaph on Robert CecilWalter Ralegh 144. 'Feed on my flocks'Henry Chettle 145. A Pastoral Song between Phillis and AmarillisHenry Chettle (?) 146. The Shepherds' Spring SongHenry Chettle 147. The Good Shepherd's SorrowAnonymous 148. The Shepherd's LamentationAnonymous 149. Fair Dulcina ComplainethAnonymous 150. A Pleasant Country Maying SongAnonymous 151. The Country LassMartin Parker (?) 152. The Obsequy of Fair PhillidaAnonymous 153. The Shepherd and the KingAnonymous 154. The Lover's DelightAnonymous 155. Phillida Flouts MeAnonymous 156. Robin Hood and the ShepherdAnonymous 157. The Arcadian LoversAnonymous 158. The Beautiful Shepherdess of ArcadiaAnonymous 159. 'As at noon Dulcina rested'Anonymous 160. Idea the Shepherd's Garland, Eclogue VIIMichael Drayton 161. Idea the Shepherd's Garland, Eclogue VIIIMichael Drayton 162. Eclogue IX, 1606Michael Drayton 163. From Poly-OlbionMichael Drayton 164. The Shepherd's SirenaMichael Drayton 165. The Description of EliziumMichael Drayton 166. The Muses Elizium, Nymphal VIMichael Drayton 167. The Muses Elizium, Nymphal XMichael Drayton 168. From Pastoral Elegy IIIWilliam Basse 169. Laurinella, of True and Chaste LoveWilliam Basse 170. PhillisGiovan Battista (Giambattista) Marino, tr. William Drummond of Hawthornden 171. A Shepherd Inviting a Nymph to His CottageGirolamo Preti, tr. Edward Sherburne 172. 'Jolly shepherd and upon a hill as he sat'Thomas Ravenscroft 173. 'Come follow me merrily'Thomas Ravenscroft 174. To His Loving Friend Master John FletcherGeorge Chapman 175. Hymn to Pan, from The Faithful ShepherdessJohn Fletcher 176. A SonnetHonoré d'Urfé, tr. John Pyper 177. 'Close by a river clear'Honoré d'Urfé 178. From Christ's Victory and TriumphGiles Fletcher 179. The Complaint of the Shepherd HarpalusDavid Murray 180. 'A jolly shepherd that sat on Sion hill'Anonymous 181. 'Alas, Our Shepherd'William Alabaster 182. The Shepherd's Speech from Himatia-PoleosAnthony Munday 183. To His Much Loved Friend Master W BrowneChristopher Brooke 184. An Eclogue between Willy and WernockeJohn Davies of Hereford 185. The Shepherd's Hunting, Eclogue VGeorge Wither 186. From Fair VirtueGeorge Wither 187. Hymn for a Sheep-ShearingGeorge Wither 188. Hymn for a ShepherdGeorge Wither 189. Britannia's Pastorals, Book I.195-561William Browne 190. Britannia's Pastorals, Book II.817-1050William Browne 191. To PenshurstBen Jonson 192. To Sir Robert WrothBen Jonson 193. Hymns from Pan's AnniversaryBen Jonson 194. A New Year's Gift Sung to King Charles, 1635Ben Jonson 195. From The Careless ShepherdessThomas Goffe 196. Damon and MoerisWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 197. Erycine at the Departure of AlexisWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 198. Alexis to DamonWilliam Alexander 199. A Pastoral Elegy on the Death of Sir Anthony AlexanderWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 200. Fragment of a Greater WorkWilliam Drummond of Hawthornden 201. From 'Damon: or a Pastoral Elegy'George Lauder 202. Hermes and LycaonEdward Fairfax 203. The SolitudeAntoine Girard Saint-Amant, tr. Thomas, Third Baron Fairfax. 204. Amor ConstansChristopher Morley 205. The Shepherds' Dialogue of LoveAnonymous 206. Technis' TaleRichard Brathwait 207. The Shepherds' HolidayRichard Brathwait 208. 'Tell me love what thou canst do'Richard Brathwait 209. Song: 'Love as well can make abiding'Mary Wroth 210. 'A shepherd who no care did take'Mary Wroth 211. 'You pleasant flowery mead'Mary Wroth 212. Of Jack and TomJames I 213. From Taylor's PastoralJohn Taylor 214. 'Woodmen Shepherds'James Shirley 215. An Eclogue between a Carter and a ShepherdNicholas Oldisworth 216. A SonnetWilliam Herbert, Earl of Pembroke 217. An Ode upon Occasion of His Majesty's Proclamation Richard Fanshawe 218. Songs from Fuimus TroesJasper Fisher 219. Piscatory Eclogue VIIPhineas Fletcher 220. To My Beloved Thenot in Answer of His VersePhineas Fletcher 221. From The Purple IslandPhineas Fletcher 222. Christmas, Part IIGeorge Herbert 223. To My Noblest Friend, I. C. EsquireWilliam Habington 224. That a Pleasant Poverty Is to Be Preferred Before Discontented Riches Abraham Cowley 225. The Country LifeAbraham Cowley, tr. by himself 226. Eclogue to Master JonsonThomas Randolph 227. An Eclogue Occasioned by Two Doctors Disputing upon Predestination Thomas Randolph 228. An Eclogue on the Palilia on Cotswold HillsThomas Randolph 229. A Dialogue betwixt a Nymph and a ShepherdThomas Randolph 230. LycidasJohn Milton 231. Ode IV.21: From The Song of SongsCasimir Sarbiewski, tr. George Hills 232. The Praise of a Religious RecreationCasimir Sarbiewski, tr. George Hills 233. The SpringThomas Carew 234. To SaxhamThomas Carew 235. On Westwell DownsWilliam Strode 236. Thenot's AbodeAnonymous 237. All Hail to HatfieldAnonymous 238. Tom and WillSidney Godolphin (?) 239. The Shepherd's OracleFrancis Quarles 240. Scenes from a Pastoral PlayJane Cavendish and Elizabeth Brackley 241. A Pastoral upon the Birth of Prince CharlesRobert Herrick 242. A Pastoral Sung to the KingRobert Herrick 243. To His MuseRobert Herrick 244. The Hock-CartRobert Herrick 245. A New-Year's Gift Sent to Sir Simeon StewardRobert Herrick 246. A Dialogue Weeping the Loss of PanMildmay Fane 247. My Happy Life, to a FriendMildmay Fane 248. In Praise of a Country LifeMildmay Fane 249. From PsycheJoseph Beaumont 250. A Pastoral Dialogue between Coridon and ThyrsisAnonymous 251. The ShepherdsHenry Vaughan 252. Daphnis: An Elegiac EclogueHenry Vaughan 253. From The Shepherd's HolidayWilliam Denny 254. 'Jack! Nay prithee come away'Patrick Cary 255. The Pleasure of RetirementEdward Benlowes 256. A Description of Shepherds and ShepherdessesMargaret Cavendish 257. A Shepherd's Employment Is Too Mean an Allegory for Noble Ladies Margaret Cavendish 258. Similizing the Sea to Meadows and PasturesMargaret Cavendish 259. Jack the Plough-Lad's LamentationThomas Robins (?) 260. A Pastoral DialogueThomas Weaver 261. The Isle of ManThomas Weaver 262. Upon Cloris Her Visit after MarriageWilliam Hammond 263. A Pastoral Song: With the AnswerAnonymous 264. A Pastoral SongAnonymous 265. A SongAnonymous 266. The Land-Schap between Two HillsEldred Revett 267. The MilkmaidsAnonymous 268. Coridon and StrephonAston Cokayn 269. The Old Ballet of Shepherd TomAnonymous 270. The Jolly ShepherdAnonymous 271. To My Ingenious Friend Master BromeIzaak Walton 272. Pastoral on the King's DeathAlexander Brome 273. A Dialogue betwixt Lucasia and RosaniaKatherine Philips 274. A Country LifeKatherine Philips 275. Eclogue. Corydon, ClottenCharles Cotton 276. An Invitation to PhillisCharles Cotton 277. On the Execrable Murder of Charles IAnthony Spinedge Index of authors Index of titles and first lines ;

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        Samuel Richardson and the theory of tragedy

        Clarissa’s caesuras

        by James Smith

        Samuel Richardson and the theory of tragedy is a bold new interpretation of one of the greatest European novels, Samuel Richardson's Clarissa. It argues that this text needs to be rethought as a dangerous exploration of the ethics of tragedy, on the scale of the great arguments of post-Romantic tragic theory, from Hölderlin to Nietzsche, to Benjamin, Lacan and beyond. Taking the reader through the novel from beginning to end, it also acts as a guidebook for newcomers to Richardson's notoriously massive text, and situates it alongside Richardson's other works and the epistolary novel form in general. Filled with innovative close readings that will provoke scholars, students and general readers of the novel alike, it will also serve as a jumping off point for anyone interested in the way the theory of tragedy continues to be the privileged meeting point between literature and philosophy. ;

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        July 2013

        Robert Southwell

        Snow in Arcadia: redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586–95

        by Anne R. Sweeney

        It has traditionally been held that Robert Southwell's poetry offers a curious view of Elizabethan England, one that is from the restricted perspective of a priest-hole. This book dismantles that idea by examining the poetry, word by word, discovering layers of new meanings, hidden emblems, and sharp critiques of Elizabeth's courtiers, and even of the ageing queen herself. Using both the most recent edition of Southwell's poetry and manuscript materials, it addresses both poetry and private writings including letters and diary material to give dramatic context to the radicalisation of a generation of Southwell's countrymen and women, showing how the young Jesuit harnessed both drama and literature to give new poetic poignancy to their experience. Bringing a rigorously forensic approach to Southwell's 'lighter' pieces, Sweeney can now show to what extent Southwell engaged exclusively through them in direct artistic debate with Spenser, Sidney, and Shakespeare, placing the poetry firmly in the English landscape familiar to Southwell's generation. Those interested in early modern and Elizabethan culture will find much of interest, including new insights into the function of the arts in the private Catholic milieu touched by Southwell in so many ways and places.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        July 2013

        Robert Southwell

        Snow in Arcadia: redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586–95

        by Anne R. Sweeney

        It has traditionally been held that Robert Southwell's poetry offers a curious view of Elizabethan England, one that is from the restricted perspective of a priest-hole. This book dismantles that idea by examining the poetry, word by word, discovering layers of new meanings, hidden emblems, and sharp critiques of Elizabeth's courtiers, and even of the ageing queen herself. Using both the most recent edition of Southwell's poetry and manuscript materials, it addresses both poetry and private writings including letters and diary material to give dramatic context to the radicalisation of a generation of Southwell's countrymen and women, showing how the young Jesuit harnessed both drama and literature to give new poetic poignancy to their experience. Bringing a rigorously forensic approach to Southwell's 'lighter' pieces, Sweeney can now show to what extent Southwell engaged exclusively through them in direct artistic debate with Spenser, Sidney, and Shakespeare, placing the poetry firmly in the English landscape familiar to Southwell's generation. Those interested in early modern and Elizabethan culture will find much of interest, including new insights into the function of the arts in the private Catholic milieu touched by Southwell in so many ways and places.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        July 2012

        Robert Southwell

        Snow in Arcadia: redrawing the English lyric landscape, 1586–95

        by Anne R. Sweeney

        It has traditionally been held that Robert Southwell's poetry offers a curious view of Elizabethan England, one that is from the restricted perspective of a priest-hole. This book dismantles that idea by examining the poetry, word by word, discovering layers of new meanings, hidden emblems, and sharp critiques of Elizabeth's courtiers, and even of the ageing queen herself. Using both the most recent edition of Southwell's poetry and manuscript materials, it addresses both poetry and private writings including letters and diary material to give dramatic context to the radicalisation of a generation of Southwell's countrymen and women, showing how the young Jesuit harnessed both drama and literature to give new poetic poignancy to their experience. Bringing a rigorously forensic approach to Southwell's 'lighter' pieces, Sweeney can now show to what extent Southwell engaged exclusively through them in direct artistic debate with Spenser, Sidney, and Shakespeare, placing the poetry firmly in the English landscape familiar to Southwell's generation. Those interested in early modern and Elizabethan culture will find much of interest, including new insights into the function of the arts in the private Catholic milieu touched by Southwell in so many ways and places.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        July 2013

        The Henry VI plays

        by Stuart Hampton-Reeves, Carol Chillington Rutter

        The Henry VI plays are Shakespeare's earliest, most theatrically exciting plays and in their day, they were among his most popular works. In a story which stretches over thirty years, Shakespeare dramatises the fall of the House of Lancaster and creates some of his most compelling characters, among them the Queen Margaret and the wildly ambitious Richard, Duke of Gloucester (the future Richard III). Modern productions have become landmark works that have defined institutions such as the Royal Shakespeare Company and the English Shakespeare Company. This book, the first major study of the Henry VI plays in performance, focuses on the cultural context of modern British productions on stage and screen which have explored Shakespeare's troubling depiction of England in crisis and related those themes to contemporaneous questions of national identity.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        July 2013

        Playing for time

        Stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre

        by Geraldine Cousin

        Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions. The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephen Daldry's award-winning revival of Priestley's An Inspector Calls, which is discussed in relation both to other Priestley 'time' plays and to Caryl Churchill's apocalyptic Far Away. Lost children are a recurring motif: Bryony Lavery's Frozen, for example, is explored in the context of the Soham murders (which took place while the play was in production at the National Theatre), whilst three virtually simultaneous productions of Euripides' Hecuba are interpreted with regard to the Beslan massacre of schoolchildren.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        July 2013

        Playing for time

        Stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre

        by Geraldine Cousin

        Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions. The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephen Daldry's award-winning revival of Priestley's An Inspector Calls, which is discussed in relation both to other Priestley 'time' plays and to Caryl Churchill's apocalyptic Far Away. Lost children are a recurring motif: Bryony Lavery's Frozen, for example, is explored in the context of the Soham murders (which took place while the play was in production at the National Theatre), whilst three virtually simultaneous productions of Euripides' Hecuba are interpreted with regard to the Beslan massacre of schoolchildren.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        July 2012

        Playing for time

        Stories of lost children, ghosts and the endangered present in contemporary theatre

        by Geraldine Cousin

        Playing for time explores connections between theatre time, the historical moment and fictional time. Geraldine Cousin persuasively argues that a crucial characteristic of contemporary British theatre is its preoccupation with instability and danger, and traces images of catastrophe and loss in a wide range of recent plays and productions. The diversity of the texts that are examined is a major strength of the book. In addition to plays by contemporary dramatists, Cousin analyses staged adaptations of novels, and productions of plays by Euripides, Strindberg and Priestley. A key focus is Stephen Daldry's award-winning revival of Priestley's An Inspector Calls, which is discussed in relation both to other Priestley 'time' plays and to Caryl Churchill's apocalyptic Far Away. Lost children are a recurring motif: Bryony Lavery's Frozen, for example, is explored in the context of the Soham murders (which took place while the play was in production at the National Theatre), whilst three virtually simultaneous productions of Euripides' Hecuba are interpreted with regard to the Beslan massacre of schoolchildren.

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        Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800
        September 2007

        Authorship and authority: the writings of James VI and I

        by Jane Rickard

        James VI of Scotland and I of England participated in the burgeoning literary culture of the Renaissance, not only as a monarch and patron, but as an author in his own right, publishing extensively in a number of different genres over four decades. As the first monograph devoted to James as an author, this book offers a fresh perspective on his reigns in Scotland and England, and also on the inter-relationship of authorship and authority, literature and politics in the Renaissance. Beginning with the poetry he wrote in Scotland in the 1580s, it moves through a wide range of his writings, including scriptural exegeses, political, social and theological treatises and printed speeches, concluding with his manuscript poetry of the early 1620s. The book combines extensive primary research into the preparation, material form and circulation of these varied writings, with theoretically informed consideration of the relationship between authors, texts and readers. The discussion thus explores James's responses to, and interventions in, a range of literary, political and religious debates, and reveals the development of his aims and concerns as an author.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        January 2017

        The epigram in England, 1590–1640

        by James Doelman

        While among the most common of Renaissance genres, the epigram has been largely neglected by scholars and critics: James Doelman's book is the first major study on the Renaissance English epigram since 1947. It combines thorough description of the genre's history and conventions with consideration of the rootedness of individual epigrams within specific social, political and religious contexts. The book explores questions of libel, censorship and patronage associated with the genre, and includes chapters on the sub-genres of the religious epigram, political epigram and mock epitaph. It balances discussion of canonical figures such as Ben Jonson and Sir John Harington with a wide range of lesser known poets, drawing on both manuscript and print sources. In its breadth The epigram in England serves as a foundational introduction to the genre for students, and through its detailed case studies it offers rich analysis for advanced scholars.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        April 2016

        A Fig for Fortune by Anthony Copley

        A Catholic response to The Faerie Queene

        by Susannah Monta, J. B. Lethbridge, Susannah Monta

        'One of the volume's many virtues is the glimpse it provides into the complex world of Elizabethan Catholicism.' Claire McEachern, The Spenser Review 47.1 (Winter 2017)

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        April 2016

        A Fig for Fortune by Anthony Copley

        A Catholic response to The Faerie Queene

        by Susannah Monta, J. B. Lethbridge, Susannah Monta

        'One of the volume's many virtues is the glimpse it provides into the complex world of Elizabethan Catholicism.' Claire McEachern, The Spenser Review 47.1 (Winter 2017)

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2014

        Gothic Renaissance

        A reassessment

        by Elisabeth Bronfen, Beate Neumeier

        This collection of essays by experts in Renaissance and Gothic studies tracks the lines of connection between Gothic sensibilities and the discursive network of the Renaissance. The texts covered encompass poetry, epic narratives, ghost stories, prose dialogues, political pamphlets and Shakespeare's texts, read alongside those of other playwrights. The authors show that the Gothic sensibility addresses subversive fantasies of transgression, be this in regard to gender (troubling stable notions of masculinity and femininity), in regard to social orders (challenging hegemonic, patriarchal or sovereign power), or in regard to disciplinary discourses (dictating what is deemed licit and what illicit or deviant). They relate these issues back to the early modern period as a moment of transition, in which categories of individual, gendered, racial and national identity began to emerge, and connect the religious and the pictorial turn within early modern textual production to a reassessment of Gothic culture.

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2017

        Forms of faith

        Literary form and religious conflict in early modern England

        by Jonathan Baldo, Isabel Karremann

        1 Introduction: a world of difference: religion, literary form, and the negotiation of conflict in early modern England - Jonathan Baldo and Isabel Karremann Part I: Religious ritual and literary form 2 Shylock celebrates Easter - Brooke Conti 3 Protestant faith and Catholic charity: negotiating confessional difference in early modern Christmas celebrations - Phebe Jensen 4 Singing in the counter: goodnight ballads in Eastward Ho - Jacqueline Wylde 5 Romancing the Eucharist: confessional conflict and Elizabethan romances - Christina Wald 6. Edmund Spenser's The Ruines of Time as a Protestant poetics of mourning and commemoration - Isabel Karremann Part II: Negotiating confessional conflict 7 Letters to a young prince: confessional conflict and the origins of English Protestantism in Samuel Rowley's When You See Me You Know Me (1605) - Brian Walsh 8 Tragic mediation in The White Devil - Thomas J. Moretti 9 'A deed without a name:' evading theology in Macbeth - James R. Macdonald 10 Henry V and the interrogative conscience as a space for the performative negotiation of confessional conflict - Mary A. Blackstone 11 Formal experimentation and the question of Donne's ecumenicalism - Alexandra M. Block 12 Foucault, confession, and Donne - Joel M. Dodson 13 Afterword: reformed indifferently - Richard Wilson Index

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        Literature & Literary Studies
        June 2017

        Forms of faith

        Literary form and religious conflict in early modern England

        by Jonathan Baldo, Isabel Karremann

        1 Introduction: a world of difference: religion, literary form, and the negotiation of conflict in early modern England - Jonathan Baldo and Isabel Karremann Part I: Religious ritual and literary form 2 Shylock celebrates Easter - Brooke Conti 3 Protestant faith and Catholic charity: negotiating confessional difference in early modern Christmas celebrations - Phebe Jensen 4 Singing in the counter: goodnight ballads in Eastward Ho - Jacqueline Wylde 5 Romancing the Eucharist: confessional conflict and Elizabethan romances - Christina Wald 6. Edmund Spenser's The Ruines of Time as a Protestant poetics of mourning and commemoration - Isabel Karremann Part II: Negotiating confessional conflict 7 Letters to a young prince: confessional conflict and the origins of English Protestantism in Samuel Rowley's When You See Me You Know Me (1605) - Brian Walsh 8 Tragic mediation in The White Devil - Thomas J. Moretti 9 'A deed without a name:' evading theology in Macbeth - James R. Macdonald 10 Henry V and the interrogative conscience as a space for the performative negotiation of confessional conflict - Mary A. Blackstone 11 Formal experimentation and the question of Donne's ecumenicalism - Alexandra M. Block 12 Foucault, confession, and Donne - Joel M. Dodson 13 Afterword: reformed indifferently - Richard Wilson Index

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