13. Richard Tottel, Songes and Sonettes (1557)
Abstract
Songes and Sonettes, printed by Richard Tottel, is the first fully surviving lyric anthology printed in the English language. Due to the eclectic nature of the anthology, it lends itself to at least two ways of reading: firstly, concentrating primarily on Surrey’s and Wyatt’s contributions, which stand out for introducing a new Italophile tradition into English poetry, translating Petrarchism for an English audience. Yet such a reading would not only neglect the other poems but also the editor’s own achievements. Secondly, therefore, Songes and Sonettes should also be read as a whole. While its designation as ‘miscellaneous’ seems to imply a certain arbitrariness, it is suggested that the anthology, especially the second, revised edition, by following its own agenda and an overall dramaturgy, creates new meanings through the cultural techniques of collecting, assembling and re-arranging.
Abstract
Songes and Sonettes, printed by Richard Tottel, is the first fully surviving lyric anthology printed in the English language. Due to the eclectic nature of the anthology, it lends itself to at least two ways of reading: firstly, concentrating primarily on Surrey’s and Wyatt’s contributions, which stand out for introducing a new Italophile tradition into English poetry, translating Petrarchism for an English audience. Yet such a reading would not only neglect the other poems but also the editor’s own achievements. Secondly, therefore, Songes and Sonettes should also be read as a whole. While its designation as ‘miscellaneous’ seems to imply a certain arbitrariness, it is suggested that the anthology, especially the second, revised edition, by following its own agenda and an overall dramaturgy, creates new meanings through the cultural techniques of collecting, assembling and re-arranging.
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Editors’ Preface V
- Contents VII
- Introduction 1
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Part I: Systematic Questions
- 1. Editing English Renaissance Texts 27
- 2. Forms of Translation 46
- 3. New Ways of Worldmaking: English Renaissance Literature as ‘Early Modern’ 66
- 4. Theatre and Drama 89
- 5. Life-Writing: Encountering Selves 108
- 6. England and its Others 136
- 7. Literature and Religion in Early Modern England 155
- 8. Renaissance Englishwomen as Writers, Readers, and Patrons 182
- 9. Rhetoric and Literary Theory 203
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Part II: Close Readings
- 10. John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte (1499?) 225
- 11. Thomas More, Utopia (1516/1551) 244
- 12. William Baldwin, Beware the Cat (1553/1570) 265
- 13. Richard Tottel, Songes and Sonettes (1557) 280
- 14. John Lyly, Euphues (1578/1580) 295
- 15. Philip Sidney, The Two Arcadias (1577–1584) 311
- 16. Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587) 331
- 17. Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (1590/1596) 352
- 18. Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (c. 1588–1592) 376
- 19. Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594) 395
- 20. William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595) 411
- 21. Francis Bacon, Essays (1597–1625) 425
- 22. Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609) 444
- 23. Ben Jonson, The Alchemist (1610) 464
- 24. Aemilia Lanyer, “The Description of Cooke-ham” (1611) 478
- 25. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621–1651) 496
- 26. John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (c. 1632) 516
- 27. John Donne, Songs and Sonnets (1633) 537
- 28. Thomas Carew and Inigo Jones, Coelum Britannicum (1634) 557
- 29. Andrew Marvell, Upon Appleton House (1651) 573
- 30. Margaret Cavendish, Poems, and Fancies (1653) 594
- 31. William Davenant, The Siege of Rhodes (1656) 615
- 32. John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667/1674) 635
- Index of Names 661
- Index of Subjects 683
- List of Contributors 739
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Frontmatter I
- Editors’ Preface V
- Contents VII
- Introduction 1
-
Part I: Systematic Questions
- 1. Editing English Renaissance Texts 27
- 2. Forms of Translation 46
- 3. New Ways of Worldmaking: English Renaissance Literature as ‘Early Modern’ 66
- 4. Theatre and Drama 89
- 5. Life-Writing: Encountering Selves 108
- 6. England and its Others 136
- 7. Literature and Religion in Early Modern England 155
- 8. Renaissance Englishwomen as Writers, Readers, and Patrons 182
- 9. Rhetoric and Literary Theory 203
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Part II: Close Readings
- 10. John Skelton, The Bowge of Courte (1499?) 225
- 11. Thomas More, Utopia (1516/1551) 244
- 12. William Baldwin, Beware the Cat (1553/1570) 265
- 13. Richard Tottel, Songes and Sonettes (1557) 280
- 14. John Lyly, Euphues (1578/1580) 295
- 15. Philip Sidney, The Two Arcadias (1577–1584) 311
- 16. Thomas Kyd, The Spanish Tragedy (c. 1587) 331
- 17. Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene (1590/1596) 352
- 18. Christopher Marlowe, Doctor Faustus (c. 1588–1592) 376
- 19. Thomas Nashe, The Unfortunate Traveller (1594) 395
- 20. William Shakespeare, Richard II (1595) 411
- 21. Francis Bacon, Essays (1597–1625) 425
- 22. Shakespeare’s Sonnets (1609) 444
- 23. Ben Jonson, The Alchemist (1610) 464
- 24. Aemilia Lanyer, “The Description of Cooke-ham” (1611) 478
- 25. Robert Burton, The Anatomy of Melancholy (1621–1651) 496
- 26. John Ford, ’Tis Pity She’s a Whore (c. 1632) 516
- 27. John Donne, Songs and Sonnets (1633) 537
- 28. Thomas Carew and Inigo Jones, Coelum Britannicum (1634) 557
- 29. Andrew Marvell, Upon Appleton House (1651) 573
- 30. Margaret Cavendish, Poems, and Fancies (1653) 594
- 31. William Davenant, The Siege of Rhodes (1656) 615
- 32. John Milton, Paradise Lost (1667/1674) 635
- Index of Names 661
- Index of Subjects 683
- List of Contributors 739