Publisher's Synopsis
Tottel's Miscellany: Songes And Sonettes is a book of poetry compiled by Richard Tottel and published in 1557. This edition, published in 1903, features an introduction by the editor, Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, who was a prominent poet and courtier in the Tudor era. The book contains a collection of poems by various authors, including Surrey himself, and is considered one of the most important works of English Renaissance poetry. The poems cover a wide range of themes, from love and romance to politics and religion, and are written in a variety of forms, including sonnets, ballads, and lyrics. The book was influential in shaping English poetry and was widely read and imitated by poets of the time. This edition includes modernized spelling and punctuation to make the text more accessible to modern readers.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
