{"product_id":"elizabethan-poetry-an-anthology-9780486437941","title":"Elizabethan Poetry: An Anthology","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe relative peace and prosperity of the Elizabethan age (1558-1603) fostered the growth of one of the most fruitful eras in literary history. Lyric poetry, prose, and drama flourished in sixteenth-century England in works that blended medieval traditions with Renaissance optimism.\u003cbr\u003eThis anthology celebrates the wit and imaginative creativity of the Elizabethan poets with a generous selection of their graceful and sophisticated verse. Highlights include sonnets from Astrophel and Stella, written by Sir Philip Sidney -- a scholar, poet, critic, courtier, diplomat, soldier, and ideal English Renaissance man; poems by Edmund Spenser, whose works combined romance with allegory, adventure, and morality; and sonnets by William Shakespeare, whose towering poetic genius transcends the ages. Other celebrated contributors include John Donne (\"Go, and catch a fallen star\"), Ben Jonson (\"Drink to me only with thine eyes\"), and Christopher Marlowe (\"The Passionate Shepherd to His Love\"). The poetry of lesser-known figures such as Michael Drayton, Samuel Daniel, and Fulke Greville appears here, along with verses by individuals better known in other fields -- Francis Bacon, Queen Elizabeth I, and Walter Raleigh -- whose poems offer valuable insights into the spirit of the age. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBob Blaisdell is the editor of several successful Dover anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eElizabethan Poetry, Famous Documents and Speeches of the Civil War, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Wit and Wisdom of Abraham Lincoln.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Dover Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50543764570386,"sku":"9780486437941","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_df397046-8eff-4b7d-9b15-1d3249ea2b16.jpg?v=1731514127","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/elizabethan-poetry-an-anthology-9780486437941","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}