title: Becoming a Poet in Anglo-Saxon England (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature)
author: Emily V. Thornbury
description: "A new generation of scholars is shaking up the work of the previous generation, and the best of them to date is Berkeley's Emily Thornbury ... [A] thoughtful and well-written book." <br />A. M. Juster, First Things<br /><br />'... Thornbury's book is excellent and should be mandatory reading for all scholars and students of Anglo-Saxon literature. Her analysis of individual poetic creations is always precise, innovative, and fascinating.' Samantha Zacher, Journal of English and Germanic Philology
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  # The Lives of the Most Famous English Poets
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### William Winstanley
  
  
  This page formatted 2005 Munsey's.
  
  
  http://www.munseys.com
  
  Introduction
  
  
  TO THE WORSHIPFUL Francis Bradbury, Esq;
  
  
  THE PREFACE TO THE READER.
  
  
  
  
  
  The Names of the Poets Mention'd in this Book.
  
  
    
  THE LIVES Of the most Famous ENGLISH POETS,
  
  
    
  The Life of ROBERT of Glocester.
  
  
    
  RICHARD the Hermit.
  
  
    
  JOSEPH of Exeter.
  
  
    
  MICHAEL BLAUNPAYN.
  
  
    
  MATTHEW PARIS.
  
  
    
  WILLIAM RAMSEY.
  
  
    
  ALEXANDER NEQUAM.
  
  
    
  ALEXANDER ESSEBIE.
  
  
    
  ROBERT BASTON.
  
  
    
  HENRY BRADSHAW.
  
  
    
  HAVILLAN.
  
  
    
  JOHN GOWER.
  
  
    
  GEOFFERY CHAUCER.
  
  
    
  JOHN LYDGATE.
  
  
    
  JOHN HARDING.
  
  
    
  ROBERT FABIAN.
  
  
    
  JOHN SKELTON.
  
  
    
  WILLIAM LILLIE.
  
  
    
  Sir THOMAS MORE.
  
  
    
  HENRY HOWARD Earl of Surrey.
  
  
    
  Sir THOMAS WIAT the Elder.
  
  
    
  Dr. CHRISTOPHER TYE.
  
  
    
  JOHN LELAND.
  
  
    
  THOMAS CHURCHYARD.
  
  
    
  JOHN HIGGINS.
  
  
    
  ABRAHAM FRAUNCE.
  
  
    
  WILLIAM WARNER.
  
  
    
  THOM