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Zepheria (1595; STC 26124): A Critical Edition

Zepheria (1595; STC 26124): A Critical Edition (1594; STC 26124): A Critical Edition by INTRODUC T ION EPHERIA is an anonymous Elizabethan lyric sequence consisting of a dedicatory poem of thirty-three lines and forty numbered ``canzons,'' mostly of fourteen lines.1 Originally published at the height of the sonnet vogue in 1594, is fascinating but not first-rate, a fair target for Sir John Davies's ``Gullinge Sonnets.'' Both derivative and outrageous (canzon 25: ``'Mongst Delian Nymphs in Angels vniuersitie / Thou my liu'st matriculated''), it combines allusions to previous sequences with verbal and prosodic experimentation. P U B L I C AT I ON H I STORY AN D C R I T I C A L C OM M E N TA RY The title page specifies that was ``Printed by the Widdowe Orwin, for N. L. and John Busbie.'' Joan Orwin was the wife of printers John Kingston (active 1551­84), George Robinson (active 1585­87), and Thomas Orwin (active 1587­93) and mother of printer Felix Kingston (active 1597­1652).2 On her own, she printed a volume of Cicero's De 1 In the original edition, the word ``canzon'' appears at the head of each poem with a final period: ``Canzon. 1.'' According to the OED, ``canzon,'' ``canzone,'' and http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Studies in Philology University of North Carolina Press

Zepheria (1595; STC 26124): A Critical Edition

Christian, Margaret
Studies in Philology , Volume 100 (2) – Jan 5, 2003
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(1594; STC 26124): A Critical Edition by INTRODUC T ION EPHERIA is an anonymous Elizabethan lyric sequence consisting of a dedicatory poem of thirty-three lines and forty numbered ``canzons,'' mostly of fourteen lines.1 Originally published at the height of the sonnet vogue in 1594, is fascinating but not first-rate, a fair target for Sir John Davies's ``Gullinge Sonnets.'' Both derivative and outrageous (canzon 25: ``'Mongst Delian Nymphs in Angels vniuersitie / Thou my liu'st matriculated''), it combines allusions to previous sequences with verbal and prosodic experimentation. P U B L I C AT I ON H I STORY AN D C R I T I C A L C OM M E N TA RY The title page specifies that was ``Printed by the Widdowe Orwin, for N. L. and John Busbie.'' Joan Orwin was the wife of printers John Kingston (active 1551­84), George Robinson (active 1585­87), and Thomas Orwin (active 1587­93) and mother of printer Felix Kingston (active 1597­1652).2 On her own, she printed a volume of Cicero's De 1 In the original edition, the word ``canzon'' appears at the head of each poem with a final period: ``Canzon. 1.'' According to the OED, ``canzon,'' ``canzone,'' and

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