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| − | '''Spencer and the Tradition: English poetry, 1579-1830''' is |
+ | '''Spencer and the Tradition: English poetry, 1579-1830''' is an online database archive of 16th-18th century [[English language|English-language]] poems, poets, and poetry criticism, covering a span of 250 years. |
==About== |
==About== |
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| − | The database contains around 25,000 items, both poems and prose, relating to the life and work of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser. The documents trace developments in English poetry from the work of Sir Edmund Spenser onwards, and responses to his work by people, locations and institutions.<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
+ | The database contains around 25,000 items, both poems and prose, relating to the life and work of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser. The documents trace developments in English poetry from the work of Sir Edmund Spenser onwards, and responses to his work by people, locations and institutions.<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
| − | Poets whose work appears in the archive range from the famous to the unknown, including many who rarely if ever appear in standard [[anthologies]]. The core material consists of: poetry by Spenser or in imitation of his style; poems perceived as Spenserian in style by secondary critics; poems that imitate Spenser's own imitators; and poems that refer to Spenser by name.<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
+ | Poets whose work appears in the archive range from the famous to the unknown, including many who rarely if ever appear in standard [[anthologies]]. The core material consists of: poetry by Spenser or in imitation of his style; poems perceived as Spenserian in style by secondary critics; poems that imitate Spenser's own imitators; and poems that refer to Spenser by name.<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
| − | Alongside this is a large amount of material which derives from Spenser in either [[Verse forms|form]] or [[style]]. The material illustrates the way in which poets respond to events of their times under the influence of inherited poetic tradition, and also the way reading itself has changed and developed.<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
+ | Alongside this is a large amount of material which derives from Spenser in either [[Verse forms|form]] or [[style]]. The material illustrates the way in which poets respond to events of their times under the influence of inherited poetic tradition, and also the way reading itself has changed and developed.<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
| − | The [[University of Oxford|University of Oxford's]] Arts and Humanities Community Resource website says of English Poetry, 1579-1830: |
+ | The [[University of Oxford|University of Oxford's]] Arts and Humanities Community Resource website says of English Poetry, 1579-1830: |
:This resource will be of use to literature scholars at all levels, offering a large amount of primary and secondary source material while also managing to give an overview of the development and creation of poetry as part of the culture in which it is written. Full search instructions are included, along with background information on the project.database.<ref name=ep1579ahcr>[http://arch.oucs.ox.ac.uk/detail/22643/index.html Spenser and the tradition: English poetry 1579-1830], Arts and Humanities Community Resource, University of Oxford. Web, Jan. 25, 2017.</ref> |
:This resource will be of use to literature scholars at all levels, offering a large amount of primary and secondary source material while also managing to give an overview of the development and creation of poetry as part of the culture in which it is written. Full search instructions are included, along with background information on the project.database.<ref name=ep1579ahcr>[http://arch.oucs.ox.ac.uk/detail/22643/index.html Spenser and the tradition: English poetry 1579-1830], Arts and Humanities Community Resource, University of Oxford. Web, Jan. 25, 2017.</ref> |
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Revision as of 19:19, 25 January 2017
Spencer and the Tradition: English poetry, 1579-1830 is an online database archive of 16th-18th century English-language poems, poets, and poetry criticism, covering a span of 250 years.
About
The database contains around 25,000 items, both poems and prose, relating to the life and work of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser. The documents trace developments in English poetry from the work of Sir Edmund Spenser onwards, and responses to his work by people, locations and institutions.[1]
Poets whose work appears in the archive range from the famous to the unknown, including many who rarely if ever appear in standard anthologies. The core material consists of: poetry by Spenser or in imitation of his style; poems perceived as Spenserian in style by secondary critics; poems that imitate Spenser's own imitators; and poems that refer to Spenser by name.[1]
Alongside this is a large amount of material which derives from Spenser in either form or style. The material illustrates the way in which poets respond to events of their times under the influence of inherited poetic tradition, and also the way reading itself has changed and developed.[1]
The University of Oxford's Arts and Humanities Community Resource website says of English Poetry, 1579-1830:
- This resource will be of use to literature scholars at all levels, offering a large amount of primary and secondary source material while also managing to give an overview of the development and creation of poetry as part of the culture in which it is written. Full search instructions are included, along with background information on the project.database.[1]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Spenser and the tradition: English poetry 1579-1830, Arts and Humanities Community Resource, University of Oxford. Web, Jan. 25, 2017.