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Faunus And Melliflora: Or The Original Of Our English Satires (1600)

Faunus And Melliflora: Or The Original Of Our English Satires (1600)

Weever, John

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Literary CriticismFiction AnthologiesGeneral Poetry

ISBN10: 1104748185
ISBN13: 9781104748180
Publisher: Kessinger Pub Llc
Published: Jul 17 2009
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.24
Height: 0.15 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Faunus and Melliflora: Or The Original of Our English Satires is a book written by John Weever and published in 1600. The book is a collection of satirical poems that were popular in England during the Elizabethan era. The title of the book refers to the Roman god of forests and the goddess of honey, which were used as metaphors for the wild and sweet nature of the satirical poems. The poems in the book cover a wide range of topics, including politics, religion, and social issues. They are written in a variety of styles and forms, including sonnets, epigrams, and longer narrative poems. Weever was known for his wit and clever wordplay, and these qualities are evident in many of the poems in the book.In addition to the poems themselves, Faunus and Melliflora includes a preface in which Weever explains the origins of the English satirical tradition. He traces the tradition back to the ancient Greeks and Romans and argues that it has been an important part of English literature since the time of Chaucer.Overall, Faunus and Melliflora is an important work in the history of English literature, particularly in the development of the satirical tradition. It provides a fascinating glimpse into the social and political issues of the Elizabethan era and the ways in which they were addressed through poetry.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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