Robert Southwell

St. Peter's Complaint, and Other Poems, by the Rev. Robert Southwell, Reprinted from the Edition of 1595, with Important Additions from an Original Ms

Publisher Marketing: Title: St. Peter's complaint, and other poems, by the Rev. Robert Southwell, reprinted from the edition of 1595, with important additions from an original MS. and a sketch of the author's life, by W. Jos. Walter. Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC. The POETRY & DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Southwell, Robert; 1817. pp. xxxii, 2*; 127.; 12 . 239.g.21. Contributor Bio:  Southwell, Robert Robert Southwell, SJ,  was an English Jesuit priest and poet who lived from 1561–1595, when he was hanged at Tyburn. Peter Davidson is a professor of Renaissance Studies at the University of Aberdeen and the editor of The Clarendon Anthology of Seventeenth Century English Poetry, The Clarendon Poems and Translations of Sir Richard Fanshawe, and Poetry and Revolution. Anne Sweeney is the author of a published monograph on  Southwell, Snow in Arcadia: Redrawing the English Lyric Landscape.