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A bibliographical catalogue and first-line index of printed anthologies of English poetry to 1640 Item Type text; Dissertation-Reproduction (electronic) Authors Baue, Frederic William, 1946- Publisher The University of Arizona. Rights Copyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author. Download date 09/10/2021 14:08:37 Link to Item http://hdl.handle.net/10150/289289 INFORMATION TO USERS This manuscript has been reproduced from the microfilm master. UMI films the text directly fi-om the original or copy submitted. Thus, some thesis and dissertation copies are in typewriter face, while others may be from any type of computer printer. The quality of this reproduction is dependent upon the quality of the copy submitted. 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Contact UMI directly to order. UMI A Bell & Howell Infonnation Company 300 North Zeeb Road, Ann Aibor MI 48106-1346 USA 313/761-4700 800/521-0600 A BIBLIOGRAPHICAL CATALOGUE AND FIRST-LINE INDEX OF PRINTED ANTHOLOGIES OF ENGLISH POETRY TO 1640 by Frederic William Baue Copyright © Frederic William Baue 1997 A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of the DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY In the Graduate College THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA 19 9 7 DMI Number: 9729527 Copyright 1997 by Baue, Frederic William All rights reserved. UMI Microform 9729527 Copyright 1997, by UMI Company. All rights reserved. This microform edition is protected against unauthorized copying under Title 17, United States Code. UMI 300 North Zeeb Road Ann Arbor, MI 48103 2 THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA ® GRADUATE COLLEGE As members of the Final Examination Committee, we certify that we have read the dissertation prepared by Frederic William Baue entitled A Bibliographical Catalogue and First-Line Index of Printed Anthologies of English Poetry to l64o and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy Ur. Meg Lota-Srovm Date - • /I 1 -' J Ur. iNaomi J . iviiii^lr Date 7 Dr. i-'r^^^^K^K.ierer / Date Date Date Final approval and acceptance of this dissertation is contingent upon the candidate's submission of the final copy of the dissertation to the Graduate College. I hereby certify that I have read this dissertation prepared under my direction and recommend that it be accepted as fulfilling the dissertation requirement. ^^ "7 Dissertation Director ur. i"T^eriCK Kiel er Date 3 STATEMENT BY AUTHOR This dissertation has been submitted in partial fulfillment of requirements for an advanced degree at The University of Arizona and is deposited in the University Library to be made available to borrowers under rules of the Library. Brief quotations from this dissertation are allowable without special permission, provided that accurate acknowledgment of source is made. Requests for permission for extended quotation from or reproduction of this manuscript in whole or in part may be granted by the copyright holder. 4 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank the many people who helped make this dissertation possible. At the University of Arizona, Tucson, Peter Medine suggested the initial direction of research and, along with Carl Berkhout, critiqued early drafts. Fred Kiefer directed the dissertation with patience and kindness. Naomi Miller worked closely with me on the Introduction and made many helpful suggestions, and Meg Lota Brown checked hundreds of pages of the text for accuracy. Back East, Mary George at the Firestone Library, Princeton, gave encouragement as well as essential practical help. Georgianna Ziegler at the Folger Shakespeare Library helped me exciinine the early books. Steve May made helpful observations and asked key questions. At home, my wife, Jean, and my children, Frederic, Michael, and Katherine, lovingly put up with me during a long struggle. Finally, I bow to the unknown epigrammatist in Wits Recreations (1640), whose words so uncannily describe my dissertation: "Half of your book is to an index grown,/ You give your book contents, your reader none." DEDICATION To my beloved wife, Jean, and an afternoon tea at Tohono Chul 6 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. INTRODUCTION 8 II. SHORT-TITLE LIST OF ANTHOLOGIES 40 III. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL DESCRIPTIONS WITH FIRST LINES.. 48 IV. COMPREHENSIVE FIRST-LINE INDEX 48 9 V. REFERENCES 881 7 ABSTRACT Early English poetry anthologies are important because they reflect the poetic taste of their age. This dissertation is a reference work on those anthologies—a bibliographical catalogue and first-line index of early printed anthologies of English poetry to 1640. There are four parts to the dissertation. The introduction gives an overview of the subject and relates it to larger critical issues, such as authorship, style, and the manuscript culture. Next is a short-title list of anthologies and their subsequent editions. Part Three is comprised of quasi-facsimile bibliographical descriptions of the first editions of the anthologies followed by the first lines of their poems in sequence. Last is a comprehensive index of all of the first lines of all of the anthologies. This reference work will be useful to scholars working with Renaissance lyric poetry. 8 I. INTRODUCTION This dissertation is a reference work—a catalogue and first-line index of early anthologies of English poetry. For the purpose of this dissertation I am defining an anthology—or miscellany—as a book of English poetry by more than one author. The starting point for my work is Arthur E. Case, A Bibliography of English Poetical Miscellanies. 1521-1750. While Case includes polyglot anthologies, I confine my research to English. Case includes books which contain some prose, as well as books which have a little French or Latin poetry. I make the same allowances, and follow Case's example in including translated poetry as well as non-lyric verse. Some of the anthologies run to subsequent editions. I describe the earliest edition, and list the later editions. Like Case, I exclude books of metrical psalters, ballads, madrigals, lute songs, and hymns. These are catalogued elsewhere. My time period is the same covered by A. W. Pollard and G. R. Redgrave in A Short-title Catalog of Books Printed in England. Scotland, and Ireland and of English Books Printed Abroad 1475-1640 (STC). All of my anthologies are listed in the STC. Case says, "I shall ... be grateful for corrections and additions to my lists. In the future it may be possible to publish a supplement containing this information (vi)." This work constitutes such a 9 supplement. This dissertation is divided into four parts. Part One is this introduction, in which I describe the subject, its importance, my research procedures, and the use of the catalogue. Part Two is a short-title checklist of the anthologies. Each item in the checklist includes the STC number, the primary author as listed in the STC, the short title, and the date of publication. Since this checklist is a key reference tool for persons using the first-line index, I also include the University Microfilms International (UMI) reference number of each book. For handy reference, I include short-title descriptions of subsequent editions of anthologies. Part Three comprises bibliographical descriptions of the first editions of anthologies. These are in the standard quasi-facsimile form recommended by Fredson Bowers in Principles of Bibliographical Description. Each entry is followed by the first lines of the poems in sequence. Part Four is a comprehensive first-line index of all of the poems in all of the anthologies. Each entry includes the STC number and the folio number. ***** Many scholars have noted the significance of the early English poetry anthologies. Norman Ault emphasizes the importance of the miscellanies: "It struck me that I held in my hands the key to a historical study of poetic 10 appreciation in the period: for together these collections reflect the taste of the century as nothing else could do" (vii). Felix E. Schelling notes that "they represent the selective taste of their time" (42). A more recent student of the anthologies, Elizabeth W. Pomeroy, concurs: "The collections shed light on the history of taste and on the direction of change in poetic theme and technique" (vii). This awareness has impelled scholars to study the anthologies. Despite the achievement of scholars in this area, there are gaps and deficiencies. Hyder E. Rollins produced critical editions of the major anthologies, but did not provide a comprehensive first-line index of all of the poems in all of the works he examined. Case published his work in 1935, and limited his search to materials in the British Museum, the Bodleian Library, and the Yale and Harvard Libraries. He describes the major anthologies, but others he missed.