Seventeenth-Century Poetry: II. The Moral Tradition
Abstract
The extent to which poetry, 1 at about the time of Hamlet, was being sicklied o’er with the pale cast of thought is evident in the works of John Davies of Hereford 2 (1565-1618). At the close of the long sonnet sequence in his Wit’s Pilgrimage (1605), he says: John Davies of Hereford Thus far may speculation help a wit, Unapt to love, to write of love’s estate.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Financial Crisis of the 21st Century
Renaissance and Early Modern Studies
Early Modern Spanish Literature
Publication details
- Pages
- 637–650
- Publication date
- 6 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Book chapter