After a semester of reading the short verse of early modern Britain, class members of LITT 3226 have selected some of their favorite readings and created micro editions, brief collections of poetry by one poet or many and encompassing a common theme. Each edition has a brief introduction, carefully edited texts, and explanatory notes.
If you read slowly and with enjoyment, each edition might take as long as 20 minutes to read, but that’s about it. We hope you’ll dip into one or several of the collections below. Click on the images to read in pdf form.
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A Short Selection of the Works of Thomas Campion, edited with introduction and notes by Lauren Bork, presents a selection of Campion’s verse.
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“Deth Wyll Us Quell,” edited with introduction and notes by Eric Halbruner, is an anthology of verse on death, including the work of John Skelton, Michael Drayton, John Donne, George Wither, Robert Herrick, John Milton, and James Graham.
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The Early Works of John Donne, edited with introduction and notes by Dana England, presents Donne’s early, less religious poetry.
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Nature; or Something Like It, edited with introduction and notes by Amanda Bevaqua, presents verse tied together by the theme of Nature, including the work of Lady Mary Wroth, Robert Herrick, Andrew Marvell, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Henry Howard, and John Milton
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In Honor of the Order of the White Knights, edited with introduction and notes by Max Zhong, collects poems that display the White Knight syndrome, where the poetic voice gallantly sacrifices body and mind for damsels in distress, featuring the work of William Shakespeare and Sir Philip Sidney.
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Love in Early Britain, edited with introduction and notes by Ian Brown, presents a selection of love poetry by John Donne and Thomas Campion.
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Silly Love Sonnets, edited with introduction and notes by Dan Pestalozzi, opens with an introduction comparing the work of Paul McCartney to the lighter poems of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, John Donne, and William Shakespeare.
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Shaking Sidney and Tradition’s Donne, edited with introduction and notes by Shea Clemencich, follows the theme of love through works of Sir Philip Sidney, John Donne, and William Shakespeare.
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Of Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth: The Elements of Poetry, edited with introduction and notes by Jaci Moseley, presents the themes of love and death as traced through the elements of fire, wind, water, and earth. The text includes the poetry of James Graham, Michael Drayton, Robert Herrick, Edmund Spenser, and John Donne.
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The Little Edition of Little Things, edited with introduction and notes by Nikki Colligan, presents poems about womanly beauty, including the work of Thomas Campion, Sir Thomas Wyatt, William Shakespeare, John Donne, Robert Herrick, and Sir Philip Sidney.
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Essence of Darkness Found in the Beloved, edited with introduction and notes by Francesca Mancuso, is a collection of poems tracing the theme of darkness in the work of Sir Philip Sidney, William Shakespeare, and Lady Mary Wroth.
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A Woman’s World Through a Man’s Pen, edited with introduction and notes by Elizabeth Lox, explores the poems of Thomas Campion that are written from a female perspective; they comment on issues and thoughts relevant to women in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries.
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The Pursuit, edited with introduction and notes by Andrea Manley, presents the theme of love pursued, and includes the work of Sir Thomas Wyatt, Sir Philip Sidney, Henry Howard, Michael Drayton, John Donne, and Thomas Campion.
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On Contemplating Life and Death, edited with introduction and notes by Michelle Hopkins, presents a poetic exploration of this life and the next, and includes the work of John Donne, William Shakespeare, John Skelton, Michael Drayton, Andrew Marvell, and Robert Herrick.
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