Specimens of the Early English Poets: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language.

Author/Editor
Ellis, George, ed.

Title
Specimens of the Early English Poets: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language.

Published
Ellis, George, ed. Specimens of the Early English Poets: To Which is Prefixed, an Historical Sketch of the Rise and Progress of the English Poetry and Language. 3 vols. 4th ed., corrected, London: Hurst, Reed, Orme, and Brown, 1811, 1:169-200.

Review
Prints CB 36, without second stanza, along with "Florent" from CA, 1:1407-186, with no source given, but occasional glosses and prefatory comments. Prefaced by commentary on Gower's life and works, recurrently critiquing Thomas Warton, 1774-81. [RFY1891].

Date
1811

Gower Subjects
Cinkante Balades
Confessio Amantis
Facsimiles, Editions, and Translations
Biography of Gower