Edmund Waller, Poems

Glyn Pursglove (Swansea University)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.04: English Writing and Culture of the Seventeenth Century, 1625-1688.
Vol. editors: Jennifer Brady (Rhodes College), Daniel Cook (University of Dundee), Neil Forsyth (Université de Lausanne), Claire Preston (Queen Mary, University of London), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1645

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

Resources

The publication history of Waller's Poems of 1645 provides a forceful illustration of the complexities - social, political and bibliographical - which often surrounded the emergence before the public of courtly and aristocratic poetry in this period. At the end of November 1644 Waller was banished from England and left for France. In 1645, perhaps with no loftier design than the hope of making a quick profit by exploiting Waller's newly acquired notoriety, a publisher called Thomas Walkley hurriedly produced an octavo volume rather grandly titled The Works of Edmond Waller Esquire, lately a Member of the Honourable House of Commons, In this present Parliament. As well as a collection of Waller's poems The Works …

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Citation: Pursglove, Glyn. "Poems". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 October 2000 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=2750, accessed 25 November 2024.]

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