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| − | English poetry 1579-1830 is a project of the Center for Applied Arts and Humanities (CATH) of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, under the direction of Prof. |
+ | English poetry 1579-1830 is a project of the Center for Applied Arts and Humanities (CATH) of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, under the direction of Prof. David Hill Radcliffe of the English Department.<ref name=epep>[http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/ English Poetry 1579-1830] home page, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Jan. 25, 2016.</ref> |
| − | The database contains around 25,000 items, both poems and prose, relating to the life and work of the Elizabethan poet [[Edmund Spenser]]. It includes |
+ | The database contains around 25,000 items, both poems and prose, relating to the life and work of the Elizabethan poet [[Edmund Spenser]].<ref name=ep1579ahcr> It includes over 10,000 poems, linked to commentary and biography, by more than 1,000 writers from all parts of the English-speaking world.<ref name=epep/> |
| ⚫ | 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/> Because the selection criteria are formal (anyone who wrote in [[Spenserian stanzas]] or composed in imitation of [[Thomas Gray|Gray's]] "[[Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard / Thomas Gray|Elegy]]" is included),<ref name=epep/> poets represented range from the famous to the unknown, many of whom rarely if ever appear in standard [[anthologies]].<ref name=ep1579ahcr/> |
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| ⚫ | The documents trace developments in English poetry from the publication of Spenser's ''Shepheardes Calender'' in 1579 down to his successors among the 19th-century romantics, and responses to his work by people, locations and institutions. The archive presents poets as readers — imitators and emulators, critics and biographers — engaged with literary traditions that were complex, dynamic, and embedded in social networks. It aims to document how each writer was read by contemporaries and successors.<ref name=epep/> |
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| ⚫ | 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/> |
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| ⚫ | 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. Because the selection criteria are formal (anyone who wrote in [[Spenserian stanzas]] or composed in imitation of [[Thomas Gray|Gray's]] "[[Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard / Thomas Gray|Elegy]] is included),<ref name=epep/> poets represented range from the famous to the unknown, many of whom rarely if ever appear in standard [[anthologies]]. |
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| ⚫ | The documents trace developments in English poetry from the publication of Spenser's ''Shepheardes Calender'' in 1579 down to his successors among the 19th-century romantics, and responses to his work by people, locations and institutions. The archive presents poets as readers — imitators and emulators, critics and biographers — engaged with literary traditions that were complex, dynamic, and embedded in social networks. It aims to document how each writer was read by his or her contemporaries and successors.<ref name=epep/> |
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| ⚫ | 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. |
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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: |
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Revision as of 20:20, 25 January 2017
Spencer and the Tradition: English poetry 1579-1830 is an online database archive of English-language poems, poets, and poetry criticism, covering a span of 250 years.
About
English poetry 1579-1830 is a project of the Center for Applied Arts and Humanities (CATH) of Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University, under the direction of Prof. David Hill Radcliffe of the English Department.[1]
The database contains around 25,000 items, both poems and prose, relating to the life and work of the Elizabethan poet Edmund Spenser.Cite error: Closing </ref> missing for <ref> tag
Recognition
The website was awarded the Bess Award from the
See also
References
- ↑ English Poetry 1579-1830 home page, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Jan. 25, 2016.
External links
| Original Penny's Poetry Pages article, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike License 3.0. |