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In his book collecting as in his poetry, William Drummond was conservative and imitative. As reported in Notes of Ben Jonson's Conversations with William Drummond of Hawthornden (1842), Jonson said th...
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William Drummond of Hawthornden was a Scotsman whose English poetry--elegant, sensuous, and fluid--established him in his time as Edinburgh's unofficial poet laureate. Tracing the extensive borrowings...
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In the following excerpt, Sidney details the circumstances surrounding Drummond's meeting with Ben Jonson, which is recorded in Notes of Ben Jonson's Conversations with William Drummond ...
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In the following essay, Severance explores Drummond's Flowres of Sion, focusing on its structure and religious symbolism.
William Drummond's vision of change shapes his poetic sequence, ...
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In the following essay, Davies contends that Drummond's “An Hymne of the Ascension” influenced Milton's “On the Morning of Christ's Nativity.”
Perhaps ...
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In the following essay, Atkinson asserts that Drummond's poetry and prose writings reveal an insightful mind searching for answers to the complex and controversial religious issues of his day.
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In the following essay, Cummings examines Drummond's Forth Feasting as an example of the panegyric verse form. The critic maintains that Drummond innovatively modified the “ethical oblig...
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In the following essay, Reid contends that Drummond's Spenserian poetic style contradicts his political ideas, particularly his royalist sympathies.
One of the ideas Christopher Hill throws off...
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In the following excerpt, Kastner provides an overview of Drummond's life and works, discussing the poet's literary influences, his modest critical following, and the derivative nature o...
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In the following essay, Wallerstein analyzes Drummond's translations of Petrarch, Tasso, Marino, and others, focusing on the style of his translations and how these authors influenced Drummond&...
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In the following essay, Fogle traces Drummond's poetic development from his early interest in the work of the Renaissance love poets to his mature religious and social verse.
Drummond is genera...
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In the following essay, Jack discusses Drummond's literary debt to such Scottish poets as William Fowler and William Alexander.
L. E. Kastner in his valuable edition of Drummond's poetry...
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In the following essay, MacDonald takes issue with L. E. Kastner's 1913 edition of Drummond's poetry, identifying manuscript poems that were not included in the collection and verses tha...
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In the essay below, MacDonald analyzes Drummond's ideas of kingship and politics, and compares the poet's beliefs to the popular opinions of his day.
Among the holograph manuscripts of t...
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In the following essay, Rae analyzes The History of the Five Jameses, examining the circumstances of its publication, Drummond's sources, and what the work reveals the author's political...
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In the following excerpt, MacDonald surveys Drummond's life and literary career, arguing that although he is often considered an “unfashionable” poet, Drummond is still worth stud...
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William Drummond of Hawthornden
Critical Essay by Philip Sidney
