The Lyrics Of Eliza Classic Reprint

Author : Felix E. Schelling
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ISBN 13 : 9781331170679
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book A Book of Elizabethan Lyrics written by Felix E. Schelling and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-11 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Book of Elizabethan Lyrics: Selected and Edited The making of an anthology of any form of poetry is like the culling of a nosegay, a matter in which selection by color, form, and fragrance counts for much, and arrangement according to taste, prejudice, or caprice makes up the remainder. If this be not the method, it is likely to be that of the herbarium, in which appear both flowers and weeds with labelled completeness, in substance dull, in order categorical. It is too much to expect that the disadvantages attending these usual methods have been wholly avoided in the following pages. Every collection of poetry must be made on a plan primarily subjective, and some one will always be found to disapprove, to wonder at the omission of a favorite, or to criticise the editor's eccentricity of judgment. I accept with frankness all responsibility on this score, but hope that a diligent endeavor to become acquainted with the whole field of Elizabethan lyric verse, even in its humbler productions, together with the exercise of a conservative judgment in choice, may have accomplished somewhat in toning any too emphatic an accentuation of the personal note. Employing the word Elizabethan in a broad sense and that usually accepted, this collection aims to cover the half century from the publication of The Paradise of Dainty Devises, 1576, to the death of John Fletcher, 1625. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.