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Poetical Works

Poetical Works

Poetical Works

Volume 1:
Giles and Phineas Fletcher
Frederick S. Boas
May 2009
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    Originally published in two volumes in 1908 and 1909, the present work remains the standard edition of the poetical works of Giles Fletcher and his brother Phineas Fletcher. The first volume contains all the extant poems of Giles Fletcher and the undisputed poetical works of Phineas published before 1633. The second volume includes the poems, original or translated, of Phineas Fletcher which appeared in or after that year.

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    May 2009
    Paperback
    9780521110396
    348 pages
    229 × 152 × 24 mm
    0.67kg
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Part I. Giles Fletcher:
    • 1. A canto upon the death of Eliza
    • 2. Christ's victorie and triumph
    • 3. A description of Encolpius
    • Part II. Phineas Fletcher:
    • 4. Verses of mourning and joy on the death of Elizabeth and accession of James
    • 5. Locustæ, vel Pietas Jesuitica
    • 6. The locusts, or Apollyonists
    • 7. Sicelides, a piscatory
    • Appendices to the poems of Giles Fletcher
    • Notes
    • Corrigenda
    • Plates.
    • Giles and Phineas Fletcher
    • Editor
    • Frederick S. Boas