I realize that in a collection of 80 (or 127) works, not everything can stand out. Well, this one did, but unfortunately not in a good way. The blurb, as other reviewers have pointed out, was looking quite good, but doesn't fit the book at all. I guess if you're into long Elizabethan ramblings about...
Thomas Nashe was a 16th Century English playwright and poet, and is considered as the greatest Elizabethan Pamphleteer and was an early purveyor of erotic poetry. He is most famous for his work Summer's Last Will and Testament and The Unfortunate Traveller.The Terrors of the Night is the 30th Little...
The fourth, and final, Dover poetry anthology I am reviewing. As with the others, it is an easily portable, inexpensive book. Includes work by 58 poets. Ten were born before 1600, another six in the 17th century, twelve in the 18th century, and two in the 20th century. So 28 were born in the 19th c...
Acknowledgements and ReferencesIntroductionSelect BibliographyComplete Texts--Pierce Penniless his Supplication to the Devil--Summer's Last Will and Testament--The Terrors of the Night--The Unfortunate Traveller--Lenten Stuff--The Choice of ValentinesExtracts--The Anatomy of Absurdity: Prodigal Sons...
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