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Alargaret AI. Ezell Open my dark Eyes that I May thy wonderous lawes descry. Thomas Carew (1594-c.1639) translation of Psalm 119 As much space has been devoted to the analysis of Thomas Carew's obscurity as to his accomplishments as a poet. Most of the scholarly studies on his works are concerned with supporting or refuting F. R. Leavis' contention in Revaluation that Carew is indeed a poet worthy of critical admiration. l While his verse is lauded by his dedicated supporters for its tOl,lgh, urbane wit, supposedly a reflecton of a sophisticated court society, his poems remain sparsely anthologized and, compared to the other so-called Sons of Ben, little studied. 2 Perhaps this state of affairs exists because until recently many modern readers still shared some of the reservations about Carew and his verse voiced by Sir Edward Derring in 1640 when he denounced Carew's Poems, along with works by Ovid and the satirical Parliament of Women as "lascivious, idle, and unprofitable" texts. 3 In this century, Carew's love poems were for many years dismissed as "too indelicate" to quote; his finest piece of erotica, "A Rapture," is presented by his editor and commentators as the work of
Explorations in Renaissance Culture – Brill
Published: Dec 2, 1988
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