"Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624)" by Samuel Page, Dunstan Gale, active 1611 William Barksted, Richard Linche. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
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Linche Richard. Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624)
Seven Minor Epics of the English Renaissance (1596-1624)
Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
AUTHORSHIP
SOURCES
FORMAL CHARACTERISTICS
THE HISTORY OF THE EARLY EDITIONS
LITERARY VALUE
To the Reader
PHILOS AND LICIA
TO THE WORSHIPFVLL
his veric friend, D. B. H. Dvnstan. Gale, wisheth all happinesse
FINIS
FINIS
Poco senno basta a chi Fortuna suona
To his belooued; the
Author
To his Louing friend and
Kinsman:
W.B
To his esteemed friend
W.B
To his respected friend
W.B
FINIS
TO THE HEROICKE HE-
ros, Henry Earle of Oxenford,
Vicount Bulbeck, &c
The faire Greeke
TO THE PERFECTION OF
Perfection, and wisedome of Woman-
hood, the intelligent, and worthily admi-
red, Elizabeth Countesse of Dar-
by, wife to the thrice-noble
William Earle
of Darby
F I N I S
TO MY APPROVED
AND MVCH RESPECTED
FRIEND, Iz: Wa:
THE AVTHOR TO HIS BOOKE
F I N I S
To the Reader
The Scourge of Venus
F I N I S
Philos and Licia Title Page
Pyramus and Thisbe Title Page
The Love of Dom Diego and Ginevra Title Page
Mirrha Title Page
Hiren Title Page
Amos and Laura Title Page
The Scourge of Venus Title Page
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Samuel Page, Dunstan Gale, active 1611 William Barksted, Richard Linche
Published by Good Press, 2019
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In summation, then, we see that although Pyramus and Thisbe and Amos and Laura have slight literary value, The Scourge, while failing to score very high as a minor epic, yet has a certain crude, narrative vitality. And Dom Diego, Mirrha, Hiren, and Philos and Licia, by virtue of their charm, inventiveness, or skillful adaptation of minor epic conventions to their expressive needs, form a hierarchy of increasing literary value that raises them as a group well above the level of the merely imitative.
For permission to reproduce Philos and Licia (for the first time), Mirrha, and Hiren, I am much indebted to the Bodleian Library; for permission to reproduce Dom Diego and Ginevra I am similarly indebted to the Trustees of the British Museum. I am also under heavy obligation to the Folger Library for permission to reprint Pyramus and Thisbe, Amos and Laura, and The Scourge of Venus (1613), all for the first time.
