Robert Chester's 'Love's Martyr; Or, Rosalins Complaint': With Its Supplement, 'Diverse Poeticall Essaies on the Turtle and Phoenix'

by Robert Chester

Book Overview

The literary scholar Alexander Balloch Grosart (1827-99) reprinted this allegorical poem by Robert Chester (fl.c.1586-1604) with an introduction and notes in 1878. Grosart incorrectly identified the poem's author as a certain Sir Robert Chester of Royston. Later research suggests Chester served as a chaplain or secretary in the household of the work's dedicatee, Sir John Salusbury. Originally printed in 1601, the grandiloquent, meandering poem is...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1108067956
• ISBN13: 9781108067959
• Release Date: July 2014
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 358 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"