Description: Epigrams of Sir John Harington, Hardcover by Kilroy, Gerard, ISBN 0754660028, ISBN-13 9780754660026, Brand New, Free shipping in the US Elizabethan scholar Kilroy has compiled a new edition of the Epigrams of John Harrington, godson of Elizabeth I, faithful courtier at her court and gentleman scholar. The epigrams are witty, some little more than doggerel but, as Kilroy points out, they often contain a serious message cloaked in a studied foolishness. It is no wonder that Harrington has been overlooked by history. He apparently had a very happy marriage, liked his mother-in-law (His silly epigram on garlic is for her.) stayed on the right side in religion and had only one brush with the plots and treasons that beleaguered Elizabeth's reign. This last was when he accompanied Essex to Ireland. However, he seems not to have been at all involved in Essex's rebellion. What is a historian to make of such a man? Kilroy makes much of him and with good reason. The epigrams reflect sixteenth century courtly life, as well as being fun to read. The edition is prefaced with a biography of Harrington, followed by chapters on his sources and the epigrammatic form. The introduction closes with some comment by and about Harrington's contemporaries, his intended audience. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Epigrams of Sir John Harington
Number of Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Name: Epigrams of Sir John Harington
Language: English
Publisher: Routledge
Subject: General, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year: 2009
Item Height: 1.1 in
Type: Textbook
Item Weight: 16 Oz
Subject Area: Literary Criticism
Author: Gerard Kilroy
Item Length: 9.5 in
Item Width: 7 in
Format: Hardcover
