BIBFRAME Work

Title

The early seventeenth century verse miscellany

Type

• Text
• Monograph

Contribution

• Brown, Cedric C. (Cedric Clive), 1943- (aut)

Subject

• Social change--England--History (LCSH)
• Literature and society--England--History--17th century (LCSH)
• Transmission of texts--England (LCSH)
• English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700--Case studies (LCSH)
• Manuscripts, English--History--16th century (LCSH)
• Manuscripts, English--History--17th century (LCSH)
• Literature and society--England--History--16th century (LCSH)
• Social change in literature (LCSH)
• English poetry--Early modern, 1500-1700 (LCSH)

Language

• English

Classification

• DDC: 821.309 (Assigner: dlc)
• LCC: PR541 .B76 2026 (Assigner: dlc) (Status: used by assigner)

Content

• text

Supplementary content

• bibliography
• index

Summary

"A deeply researched study of the social transmission and adaptation of poetry texts originating in pre-Civil War England, traced through the seventeenth century and sometimes beyond. Both manuscript and printed miscellanies are used, as well as other forms of publication, and case studies unusually span elite, popular and provincial audiences. As far as possible, texts are placed according to their original contexts and functions ("Directions") then followed through various answerings, parodies, cooptings and social, commercial and political adaptations ("Re-directions"). Case studies choose examples which have not been fully researched, so that a large amount of new material is presented from poets writing in a variety of environments. Results are sometimes startling and often amusing, giving a vivid sense of how poems were read and used in material exchange and providing a picture of literary activity far removed from what traditional, canonical literary history has often assumed"-- Provided by publisher.

Authorized Access Point

Brown, Cedric C. (Cedric Clive), 1943-. The early seventeenth century verse miscellany

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• Date: 2026-09-11T20:49:27.646053+00:00
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• Date: 2026-09-11
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• Description language: eng
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