1814 edition of Davison's Poetical Rhapsody. Courtesy Internet Archive.
A Poetical Rhapsody was a 17th-century anthology of English poetry edited by Francis Davison.
History[]
The 1st edition of the Poetical Rhapsody was published in 1602. Subsequent editions were published in 1608, 1611, and 1621.[1]
"A.W."[]
In the printed editions, a single poem (No. 9) is credited to A.W.[1] However, the Harleian Manuscript contains a "Catalogue of All the Poems in Ryme and Measured Verse by A.W." which contains no fewer than 76 poems: No. 9, 67 of the 69 poems that were listed as "Anomos" (anonymous) in the 1st edition, 7 that appeared (also as Anonymous) in the 2nd edition), and 1 (No. 181) that also appeared in the second edition but attributed to Francis Davison.[1]
Publishing history[]
- A Poetical Rapsody: Containing diuerse sonnets, odes, elegies, madrigalls, and other poesies, both in rime, and measured verse. London: Valentine Simmes, for Iohn Baily, 1602; London: Nicholas Okes, for Roger Iackson, 1608; London: William Stansby, for Roger Iackson, 1611; London: B. Alsop, for Roger Iackson, 1621
- Davison's Poetical Rhapsody (with preface by Egerton Brydges). Johnson & Warwick at Lee Priory, 1814
- The Poetical Rhapsody; to which are added several other pieces (edited by Nicholas Harris Nicolas). (2 volumes), London: William Pickering, 1826 Volume I, Volume II
- Davison's Poetical Rhapsody (edited by A.H. Bullen). (2 volumes), London:George Bell. Volume I, 1890; Volume II, 1891
- A Poetical Rhapsody, 1602-1621 (edited by Hyder Edward Rollins). (2 volumes), Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1931.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[2]
Poems from A Poetical Rhapsody[]
See also[]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Hyder E. Rollins, A.W and A Poetical Rhapsody," Studies in Philology Vol. 29, No. 2 (Apr., 1932), 239-251, University of North Carolina Press. JSTOR, ITHAKA, Web, June 24, 2012.
- ↑ Search results = au: Francis Davison, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 1, 2016.
External links[]
- Text
- Francis Davison's Poetical Rhapsody, Vol. I (edited by A.H. Bullen). London: George Bell, 1890.
- Francis Davison's Poetical Rhapsody, Vol. II (edited by A.H. Bullen). London: George Bell, 1891.
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