Ecologues, Epitaphs and Sonnets

by Barnabe Googe

Book Overview

When at the age of twenty-three Barnabe Googe allowed the publication of his Ecologues, Epitaphs, and Sonnets, he became the first English author to publish personal poetry during his lifetime. His ecologues are, with Barclay's, the first examples of the form in English, anticipating in several respects Spenser's Shepheardes Calendar. He was the first writer to introduce into English literature Montemayor's pastoral romance Diana, later an important...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1487599072
• ISBN13: 9781487599072
• Release Date: December 1989
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 234 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher