Richard Robinson, The Rewarde of Wickednesse

Allyna Ward (Booth University College)

The Literary Encyclopedia. Volume 1.2.1.03: English Writing and Culture: Renaissance (Elizabethan and Jacobean periods) , 1485-1625.
Vol. editors: William M. Hamlin (Washington State University), J A Roe (University of York), Virginia Mason Vaughan (Clark University), Ema Vyroubalova (Trinity College Dublin)

Dates

First circulation or publication 1574

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poem

Resources

The dedication to The Rewarde of Wickednesse is dated 1574, but printer’s device at foot of colophon dated 1573 (probably a simple mistake). The poem begins by establishing a winter setting for the poet’s night of drinking that eventually leads to his journey into Hell with the god Morpheus. He tells the reader that he wandered into a pub and proceeded to enjoy Ale with a jolly crowd. Robinson continues to drink with this crowd until closing time when they all search for a place in the tavern to rest for the night and fall into a drunken slumber. However, Robinson’s rest is interrupted, he tells us, just shortly after falling asleep: “Not lying thus one houre by the clocke, [. . .] I hearde one knocke, / (And sayde what) S…

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Citation: Ward, Allyna. "The Rewarde of Wickednesse". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 21 September 2011 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=34171, accessed 26 November 2024.]

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