The Early Seventeenth Century Verse Miscellany: Directions and Re-Directions

An individually researched study, with abundant new material, of the social transmission and adaptation of poetry from pre-Civil War England, traced through that century and beyond. Both manuscript and printed miscellanies are used, with other publication forms.

Cedric C. Brown, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Reading, subsequently Professorial Research Consultant at the University of Plymouth, was formerly a well-known Miltonist and the founder editor of the very long-running interdisciplinary book series, Early Modern Literature in History, which has now passed 100 titles. With regard to the present project, he also published frequently on occasional poetry of all kinds. There are also connections with his Friendship and its Discourses in the Seventeenth Century (2016).