Manuscript verse collectors and the politics of anti-courtly love poetry [electronic resource] / Joshua Eckhardt. Eckhardt, Joshua. Love poetry, English History and criticism. English poetry Early modern, 1500-1700 History and criticism. Manuscripts, English (Middle) Collectors and collecting. Politics and literature England History 17th century. PR535.L7 821.3093543 22 Includes bibliographical references and index. Description based on print version record. This is an analyis of the contribution to literary history of early 17th century hand-written English poetry anthologies. Compiled by manuscript verse collectors, these anthologies preserved a number of pieces by major authors of the English Renaissance, yet they tended to surround them with unprintable verses on sex and politics. Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2009. 2009. 2009 Text 1 online resource (viii, 306 p.) http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199559503.001.0001 eng England