Melodious Tears: The English Funeral Elegy from Spenser to Milton by Dennis Kay

Melodious Tears: The English Funeral Elegy from Spenser to Milton

Dennis Kay

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nonfiction literary poetry medium-paced
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An original and perceptive study, this work charts the history of the elegy from the mid-sixteenth century when it was exclusively the province of professional writers, to the 1630s, by which time the fashion for vernacular elegy had spread throug...

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