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"Art Reflexive": The Poetry, Sermons, and Drama of William Strode (1601?-1645)

"Art Reflexive": The Poetry, Sermons, and Drama of William Strode (1601?-1645) ‘‘Art Reflexive’’: The Poetry, Sermons, and Drama of William Strode (1601?–1645) by Adam Smyth ILLIAM Strode, perhaps more than any other early modern poet, has experienced a remarkable shift in literary promi- Wnence. In the early to mid-seventeenth century, particularly in the 1630s, Strode’s poetry was the most commonly transcribed ma- terial in manuscript commonplace books and miscellanies, and in Ox- ford, Cambridge, and the Inns of Court his verse was hugely popular. Strode’s elegant lyric ‘‘On Chloris Walking in the Snow’’ (‘‘I saw faire Chloris walke alone’’), which describes the transformation of a ‘‘wan- ton’’ snowflake into a tear and then a gem as it touches the breast of a beauty, was perhaps the most popular poem in the seventeenth cen- tury behind Herrick’s ‘‘Gather ye Rose-Buds,’’ in terms of the number of manuscript transcriptions, printed versions, imitations, parodies, trans- lations, and musical settings. The astonishing popularity of this single Many printed appearances of this poem and variations on it are recorded in C. F. Main, ‘‘Notes on Some Poems Attributed to William Strode,’’ in Philological Quarterly 34 (1955): 444–48. Among many translations of the poem was the Latinization by the Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688 http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

"Art Reflexive": The Poetry, Sermons, and Drama of William Strode (1601?-1645)

Smyth, Adam,
Studies in Philology , Volume 103 (4) – Oct 25, 2006
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‘‘Art Reflexive’’: The Poetry, Sermons, and Drama of William Strode (1601?–1645) by Adam Smyth ILLIAM Strode, perhaps more than any other early modern poet, has experienced a remarkable shift in literary promi- Wnence. In the early to mid-seventeenth century, particularly in the 1630s, Strode’s poetry was the most commonly transcribed ma- terial in manuscript commonplace books and miscellanies, and in Ox- ford, Cambridge, and the Inns of Court his verse was hugely popular. Strode’s elegant lyric ‘‘On Chloris Walking in the Snow’’ (‘‘I saw faire Chloris walke alone’’), which describes the transformation of a ‘‘wan- ton’’ snowflake into a tear and then a gem as it touches the breast of a beauty, was perhaps the most popular poem in the seventeenth cen- tury behind Herrick’s ‘‘Gather ye Rose-Buds,’’ in terms of the number of manuscript transcriptions, printed versions, imitations, parodies, trans- lations, and musical settings. The astonishing popularity of this single Many printed appearances of this poem and variations on it are recorded in C. F. Main, ‘‘Notes on Some Poems Attributed to William Strode,’’ in Philological Quarterly 34 (1955): 444–48. Among many translations of the poem was the Latinization by the Swedish scientist and theologian Emanuel Swedenborg (1688

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