Robert Herrick, Hesperides

Glyn Pursglove (Swansea University)

Ed. by Janet Todd, University of Cambridge
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 1648

Places

England (Country of Origin)

Genres and Modes

Poetry (any)

Resources

Hesperides: Or, The Works Both Humane & Divine of Robert Herrick Esq. is unusual amongst the published collections of the lyrical poets of the Jacobean and Caroline periods. Where most such collections were published posthumously, Herrick's was published under the direct supervision of the author, and it is clear that Herrick thought of the volume (his only substantial publication) as his poetic testament, a summation of his work as a poet. Relatively few poems by Herrick, other than those he chose to include in Hesperides have been discovered. To a degree unusual amongst his contemporaries, Hesperides “represents” Herrick's achievement as a poet in much the way that the “Collected Poems” of a modern poet …

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Citation: Pursglove, Glyn. "Hesperides". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 28 October 2000 [https://staging.litencyc.com/php/sworks.php?rec=true&UID=4769, accessed 22 November 2024.]

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