Royal Poetrie

by Peter C. Herman

Royal Poetrie is the first book to address the significance of a distinctive body of verse from the English Renaissance--poems produced by the Tudor-Stuart monarchs Henry VIII, Mary, Queen of Scots, Elizabeth I, and James VI/I. Not surprisingly, Henry VIII is no John Donne, but the unique political and poetic complications raised by royal endeavors at authorship imbue this literature with special interest.

Peter C. Herman is particularly...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0801448352
• ISBN13: 9780801448355
• Release Date: March 2010
• Publisher: Cornell University Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.14 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher