English Poetry in Cromwellian Ireland

Gribben, Crawford

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“…One of the few critics to investigate the poetry of this period in recent years has been Crawford Gribben whose brilliant essay on English poetry in Cromwellian Ireland is a clear indication of what could be done by scholars prepared to look closely at what has survived from the Interregnum (Gribben, , ). As Gribben has noted, Royalist and Catholic writers of the 1650s regularly linked their religious aspirations with political ones—which can make their verse seem forbidding.…”

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“…The whole work is a remarkable achievement, reflecting the Calvinist tone adopted by some in Commonwealth Ireland. Gribben, Gillespie, and Barnard have all published valuable work on this aspect of the cultural life of this period (Barnard, , , , ; Gillespie, , ; Gribben, , ). However, it is quite possible that other verse from the period lies undiscovered (or mis‐catalogued) in manuscript collections—though it is unlikely to be as technically ambitious or polished as that of Faithfull Teate.…”

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Verse in English from Spenser to Swift

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Ireland was in turmoil for much of the 17th century as, slowly and painfully, English language and culture gained supremacy over the language and culture of the native Irish.The verse and poetry we have in English from this period was the work of planters, administrators and the Old English, and, on occasions, of Irish speakers seeking to influence the rulers of the country. During recent years, much exciting new work has been undertaken on the verse of the period as research on manuscripts and early printed books has led to a substantial increase in the canon. We now know of over 100 poets active in Ireland between the time of Edmund Spenser and that of Jonathan Swift.In addition, scholars have begun exploring the links between the culture of 17th-century Ireland and that of Scotland, Wales, and England. This article surveys the work that has been accomplished on the verse and poetry of the period and indicates several areas where further research is needed.Over the last 25 years, there has been a significant re-evaluation of several aspects of the literary culture of 17thcentury Ireland (Fogarty, 2006;Gillespie & Hadfield, 2006;Kerrigan, 2008;Rankin, 2005Rankin, , 2007. 1 As historians of the period have become less concerned with high politics in London and Dublin and more with the lives of those who lived through the turmoil of the age, attention has turned to the informal writing of early modern Ireland. The publication of the 1641 depositions in 2010 (http://www.tcd.ie/history/1641) and the editing of letters and memoirs from the period over the last generation (Analecta Hibernica numbers 43, 45, 46, 48) have enabled us to balance our study more appropriately. There is a wealth of work being undertaken, and there are currently over 100 historians and literary scholars affiliated to the Irish Renaissance Seminar which meets regularly in different parts of Ireland; most of the work being undertaken is on English-language material since, though English was only spoken by a This article surveys the critical and editorial work undertaken, in the past few years, on the verse and poetry written in Ireland in English in the 17th century-that is, between the time of Edmund Spenser and that of Jonathan Swift. It suggests several areas in which more research is needed.

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Tonson was also among a consortium that published Jonson's Works in 1716-1717; see Tom Lockwood, 'The Works of Ben Jonson (1716-17): Textual Essay', in Ben Jonson Online. The 1709 comedies were Volpone, The Alchemist and Epicene.11 Compare also The Whole Woorkes of George Gascoigne, published in 1587 and never reissued; the works of Thomas Churchyard, never republished after the author's death in 1604; and the poetry of Richard Barnfield, never published after Barnfield's death in 1627. There were no seventeenthcentury editions of either Wyatt or Surrey.

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