Germaine, you might also look at the modest Gavin's own "Fulke Greville and the Afterlife," which addresses (brilliantly) Greville's conscious choice to write for posterity and not for his own times. One of the chapters in _Writing after Sidney_ is based on the article.
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From: Sidney-Spenser Discussion List [[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Germaine Warkentin [[log in to unmask]]
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Subject: Re: Old poets -- quick question
Good lord, Gavin -- I had forgotten all about that Greville article! (blush). Thank you for reminding me -- I must go back and renew acquaintance with it! OK -- lots of good suggestions about English poets; and John Staines may be right about the London environment. In order to keep the sociology majors taking my course from falling asleep in class I used to have my undergrad students do a short sociological analysis including the origins and places of residents of English poets in our period, and except for Marvell, it was London all the way. I see Valery Rees has chimed in with Ficino -- any more European suggestions? Germaine
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