Poets of Devon & Cornwall

<p>Alexander Barclay Richard Carew Humfrey Gifford Anne Dowriche Sir Walter Ralegh Sir Arthur Gorges Joseph Hall John Ford Robert Herrick Sidney Godolphin William Strode William Browne Mary Lady Chudleigh John Gay Samuel Taylor Coleridge.All of these are poets born in the two westernmost counties of England or - like Hall and Herrick - poets who were active there. In time we stretch from the very beginning of the 16th century until the early 19th century. We begin with Barclay a priest at Ottery St. Mary and we close with Coleridge the son of a priest at Ottery St. Mary his birthplace. We have names that echo down through the ages (Raleigh) great writers central to the development of English poetry (Herrick Coleridge) we have divines (Hall Herrick) we have cavaliers (Godolphin) we have balladeers (Gay) we have under-recognised talents (Gorges Strode Browne Chudleigh) we have virtuoso translators (Barclay Carew) and we have two women poets (Dowriche Chudleigh) one of whom influenced Marlowe and another whose work was admired by Dryden.This anthology presents an unusual collection of some fine poets from the south-west corner of England and inaugurates a new Classics series from Shearsman Books.</p>