The Phoenix and Turtle (Vol. 51) | Further Reading

FURTHER READING

Buxton, John. "Two Dead Birds: A Note on The Phoenix and Turtle." In English Renaissance Studies: Presented to Dame Helen Gardner in honour of her Seventieth Birthday, ed. John Carey, pp. 44-55. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1980.

Contends that the poem should be read as "an exhibition of pure poetry" rather than a comment on the political atmosphere of the day.

Hume, Anthea. "Love's Martyr, 'The Phoenix and The Turtle, and the Aftermath of the Essex Rebellion." Review of English Studies XL, No. 157 (February 1989): 48-71.

Reads The Phoenix and Turtle' as a close retelling of the Elizabethan Essex Rebellion.

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