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Bartleby.com: Elizabethan Criticism
A discussion of Thomas Campion's literary criticism from the Elizabethan period. From the Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
Sacred Text Archive
"Stories From the Faerie Queene" by Mary Macleod
This is a Victorian era retelling of Edmund Spenser's "Faerie Queen." Useful for getting a grip on the plot, or for comparison of language.
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Luminarium: George Herbert (1593 1633)
The Luminarium site provides biographical information, as well as links to Herbert's writing, and to essays about his works. Excellent site.
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Luminarium: "Sleep, Baby Mine" by Sir Philip Sidney
Full text of Sir Philip Sidney's lyric poem and lullaby, "Sleep, Baby Mine."
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Luminarium: Sir Thomas Wyatt, the Elder
Links from this site access biographical information concerning Sir Thomas Wyatt, texts of his works, articles and essays about his works and a list of other available sources.
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Luminarium: John Skelton (Ca.1460 1529)
This index page provides access to biographical information, full texts, articles, as well as other resources about this poet of the early English renaissance.
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George Herbert, Priest and Poet
This biography focuses on Herbert's life in the church and on his character. His poetry is discussed as an extention of his faith.
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Passions in Poetry: George Herbert 1593 1633
This brief biography of Herbert is accompanied by the texts of fifteen of his poems. The poems have no commentary with them.
Sonnet Central
Sonnets of Sir Philip Sidney
Full text of sonnets by Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586), the Elizabethan poet.
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Sonnets.org: Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey
Selected full texts by Henry Howard (1517-1547) with annotations.
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Recmusic.org: Thomas Campion (1567 1620)
Listing of ten songs by Thomas Campion (1567-1620) with links to the song texts.
University of Toronto (Canada)
University of Toronto: "Passionate Shepherd to His Love"
This site from the University of Toronto contains the original text of Marlows'e "The Passionate Shepherd to His Love" with in-text notes keyed to line numbers.
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Bartleby.com: Poetry of Spenser: Spenser's Family
Brief biography of Spenser and his family, with links provided to the entire contents of The Cambridge History of English and American Literature. Readers can find additional information on Spenser there.
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Bartleby.com: Cambridge History of Eng and Am Lit: Knight in the Social Organism
Discussion of the knight in the social organism of Spenser's poem "The Faerie Queene." From The Cambridge History of English and American Literature.
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Bartleby.com: John Skelton
This Cambridge History of English and American Literature entry for John Skelton defines his place in English Renaissance literature.
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Bartleby.com: Oxford Book of English Verse: "A Hymn in Praise of Neptune"
Full text of Thomas Campion's "A Hymn in Praise of Neptune" from the Oxford Book of English Verse.
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Bartleby.com: T. S. Eliot: Notes on the Blank Verse of Marlowe
This entry is based on "Notes on the Blank Verse of Christopher Marlowe" by T.S. Eliot (1888?1965), from The Sacred Wood: Essays on Poetry and Criticism (1922).
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Primary Sources: Poetry of John Skelton
Full-text selections from John Skelton's poetry: "To Mistress Margaret Hussey," "To Mistress Isabell Pennell," "With Lullay, Lullay, Like a Child," and "A ballade of the Scottysshe Kynge."
Luminarium
Luminarium: John Skelton: To Mistress Margaret Hussey
Text of John Skelton's "To Mistress Margaret Hussey." Links to other poems.
Sonnet Central
Sonnet Central: Edmund Spenser
Text of four sonnets from Spenser's "Amoretti" and links to five others.
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Bartleby.com: "A Priest to the Temple"
From a scholarly work, this page from Bartelby.com discusses Herbert's "A Priest to the Temple," and shows it as a reflection of Herbert's own character.