Michael Drayton, Ideas Mirrour and Idea

Miles Layram (University of York)

Ed. by J A Roe, University of York
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 1594 - 1619

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poem collection

Resources

Michael Drayton (1563-1631) was one of the best of the English Renaissance poets. The first version of his sonnet sequence, comprising fifty-one lyrics, was published in 1594, at the height of the sonnet vogue, and was entitled Ideas Mirrour, “Idea” being the name of the fictional lady (possibly based on Anne Goodere) with whom the speaker-persona is in love. Revised editions, under the title Idea, then appeared in 1599, 1600, 1605, and finally, twenty-five years after its inception, in 1619. Each of these texts involved not only the rewriting (and re-ordering) of poems which had been included in previous editions, but also the addition of entirely new ones and the removal of some of the preceding ones. The most …

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Citation: Layram, Miles . "Ideas Mirrour and Idea". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 October 2015 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=35674, accessed 21 November 2024.]

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