Thomas Sackville, Earl of Dorset (1536-1608) Alma mater: Oxford Two poems appeared in a miscellany called Myrroure for Magistrates 1563 both composed in royal stanza. This…
George Gascoigne 1525-77 Alma mater: Cambridge Satire The Steele Glas 1576 Other works Jocasta 1566 Supposes 1566, the first prose comedy, basis of Shakespeare’s Taming of the…
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1516-47) Associated with Thomas Wyatt His poems appeared in Tottel’s Miscellany 1557 Introduces – two metrical forms of capital importance:…
Sir Thomas Wyatt 1503-42 Alma mater: Cambridge Patron: Thomas Cromwell His 96 love poems (written in Petrarchan form) appeared posthumously in Tottel’s Miscellany (1557) His satires…
Characteristics Songs were written and published in anthologies like Richard Tottle’s Songs and Sonnets Song writers: Nicholas Grimald, Thomas Nashe, Robert Southwell, John Dowland, William…
Earl of Surrey, Henry Howard (1516 – 1547) The eldest son of Lord Thomas Howard. Henry took the courtesy title of Earl of Surrey in…
Thomas Wyatt (1503 – 1542) Called as the pioneer of New English poetry. Introduced sonnet form in England. Imitated works of Seneca and Horace Experimented…
Sir David Lyndsay (1490 -1555) The last Scottish Chaucerian. Work: A Pleasant Satyre of the Thrie Estaits The only fully preserved Scottish play in the…
Gavin Douglas (1475 – 1522) Scottis bishop, poet and translator Well known for his various translations of Virgil’s Aeneid into Scot. He was appointed provost…
William Dunbar (1460 – 1520) Referred as “The Chaucer of Scotland” Works: The Goldyn Targe An allegorical poem. A courtly dream vision poem that celebrates…