Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland
Author | : Steven W. May |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 464 |
Release | : 2016 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780198739210 |
ISBN-13 | : 0198739214 |
Rating | : 4/5 (10 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland by : Steven W. May
Download or read book Verse Libel in Renaissance England and Scotland written by Steven W. May and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2016 with total page 464 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book surveys the phenomenon of Renaissance verse libel and provides carefully edited texts of 52 of these insulting manuscript poems, most of them made available here for the first time. Difficult and unusual words in these poems are glossed, while the commentary explains who is being attacked and why.