Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satires is a work of poetic satire written by English playwright Thomas Middleton in 1597 and 1598. The print version ( STC 17154) was published in 1599 by Thomas Creede for Thomas Bushell and was burned publicly as part of the Archbishop of Canterbury's attack on verse satire; it was not reprinted again in the seventeenth century. [1] Although a minor work, the poems included prefigure the interests of Middleton's mature work in sin, hypocrisy, and lust. [2] The poem was influenced by works by John Marston and Joseph Hall, and has been described as one of Middleton's "masterpieces". [3]
Further reading
- Irwin, Larry Wayne, A Critical Edition of Thomas Middleton's 'Micro-cynicon', 'Father Hubburds Tales', and 'The Blacke Booke' (unpublished Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Wisconsin, 1969)
- Clegg, Cyndia Susan (1997-08-07). Press Censorship in Elizabethan England (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/cbo9780511585241.010. ISBN 978-0-521-57312-2.
- Boose, Lynda E., 'The 1599 Bishops' Ban, Elizabethan Pornography, and the Sexualization of the Jacobean Stage', in Enclosure Acts: Sexuality, Property, and Culture in Early Modern England, eds. Richard Burt and John Michael Archer (1994), 185–200
References
- ^ Wall, Wendy (2007-11-22). "MICROCYNICON: SIX SNARLING SATIRES Edited by Wendy Wall". In Taylor, Gary; Lavagnino, John (eds.). Thomas Middleton, Vol. 2: Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture: A Companion to the Collected Works: A Companion to the Collected Works. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/actrade/9780198185703.book.1. ISBN 978-0-19-818570-3.
- ^ "The forgotten poet of Newington who never shied from a jibe - Southwark News". Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Campana, Joseph (2012-04-05). "Middleton as Poet". In Taylor, Gary; Henley, Trish Thomas (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Middleton. Oxford University Press. pp. 470–486. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199559886.013.0030. ISBN 978-0199559886.
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Microcynicon: Six Snarling Satires is a work of poetic satire written by English playwright Thomas Middleton in 1597 and 1598. The print version ( STC 17154) was published in 1599 by Thomas Creede for Thomas Bushell and was burned publicly as part of the Archbishop of Canterbury's attack on verse satire; it was not reprinted again in the seventeenth century. [1] Although a minor work, the poems included prefigure the interests of Middleton's mature work in sin, hypocrisy, and lust. [2] The poem was influenced by works by John Marston and Joseph Hall, and has been described as one of Middleton's "masterpieces". [3]
Further reading
- Irwin, Larry Wayne, A Critical Edition of Thomas Middleton's 'Micro-cynicon', 'Father Hubburds Tales', and 'The Blacke Booke' (unpublished Ph.D. diss., Univ. of Wisconsin, 1969)
- Clegg, Cyndia Susan (1997-08-07). Press Censorship in Elizabethan England (1 ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi: 10.1017/cbo9780511585241.010. ISBN 978-0-521-57312-2.
- Boose, Lynda E., 'The 1599 Bishops' Ban, Elizabethan Pornography, and the Sexualization of the Jacobean Stage', in Enclosure Acts: Sexuality, Property, and Culture in Early Modern England, eds. Richard Burt and John Michael Archer (1994), 185–200
References
- ^ Wall, Wendy (2007-11-22). "MICROCYNICON: SIX SNARLING SATIRES Edited by Wendy Wall". In Taylor, Gary; Lavagnino, John (eds.). Thomas Middleton, Vol. 2: Thomas Middleton and Early Modern Textual Culture: A Companion to the Collected Works: A Companion to the Collected Works. Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/actrade/9780198185703.book.1. ISBN 978-0-19-818570-3.
- ^ "The forgotten poet of Newington who never shied from a jibe - Southwark News". Retrieved 2022-11-01.
- ^ Campana, Joseph (2012-04-05). "Middleton as Poet". In Taylor, Gary; Henley, Trish Thomas (eds.). The Oxford Handbook of Thomas Middleton. Oxford University Press. pp. 470–486. doi: 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199559886.013.0030. ISBN 978-0199559886.
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