Gabriel Harvey Summary

Broad-minded, ambitious, well-read, and socially inept, Gabriel Harvey was probably one of the most visible literary personalities of his day. Out of a prosperous middle-class background, he carved a ... Read more

Gabriel Harvey is today remembered primarily for associations with others: his friendship with Edmund Spenser, his enmity with Thomas Nashe and Robert Greene, his futile attempts to win favor with Que... Read more

In the following essay, originally published in 1871, Morley provides an overview of Harvey's life, character, and career. When, in 1579, their old comrade at Pembroke Hall, Edward Kirke, pr... Read more

In the following essay, Cochrane discusses Harvey's response to Stefano Guazzo's A Civil Conversation, a Renaissance work of moral philosophy, and argues that Harvey considered the work ... Read more

In the following essay, Prewitt explores Harvey's commitment to his pragmatic “Method,” based on the philosophy of Peter Ramus, despite its controversial nature and his fear that ... Read more

In the following excerpt, Moore Smith discusses Harvey's marginalia, his “war” with Thomas Nashe, and his career after the controversy. Harvey's marginalia give us just ... Read more

In the following essay, Wilson examines Harvey's Ciceronianus, describing its composition, context, contents, purpose, and style. I Though Gabriel Harvey was not, like the poet, A creatur... Read more

In the following essay, Relle presents an account of the marginalia in three works owned by Harvey and maintains that they shed light on the writers and books Harvey was reading, his reading habits, a... Read more

In the following essay, originally presented at a symposium in 1988, Grafton examines the evidence of Harvey's critical reading as found in his marginalia, observing the links between reading, ... Read more