Poems (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Sir Walter Ralegh
- First Published: 1813
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Literature, Poetry or poets, England or English people, Seventeenth century, Sixteenth century, Exploration or explorers, Royal courts or courtiers
Critical Evaluation:
Sir Walter Ralegh, like so many other Renaissance courtiers, considered the writing of poetry one of the polite arts, to be practiced in one’s leisure moments for the pleasure of friends. In his busy political, military, and adventuring career, his poetic efforts apparently carried little weight, and he never seems to have encouraged their publication, although he was much interested in presenting to the public his History of the World (1614) and his treatises on his expeditions to the new world. As a result of this carelessness, on his part and on...
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