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acrostic poetry analysis
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anagrammatic verse study
aristocratic patronage history
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Author_Betty S.Travitsky
Caroline era literature
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Doe
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early modern social hierarchy
English court culture
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FOLLOW
garter
gifts
honourable
IJ
Int
Io
JJ
knight
Living
LL
LLI
lord
Mary Fage
Mop
NCIS
nobility
noble
Reach
right
Set
Sty
THO
Tl
Ton
true
upper class identity construction
william
Yon
Product details
- ISBN 9781840142242
- Weight: 408g
- Dimensions: 123 x 186mm
- Publication Date: 19 Jul 2000
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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The dates of Mary Fage are not known, it is assumed however that she was flourishing around 1637. Fames Roule comprises a series of over 400 acrostic verses, each containing an anagram and each addressed to one of the noble and powerful of Caroline England. As such it constitutes a verbal salute to court culture. While they may not be of great literary value, her verses are an extreme example of the pervasive word play of her time, and their contents afford an extended glimpse at social construction of upperclass reality in Caroline England. Reproduced here is the copy held at the Huntington Library.
Selected and Introduced by Betty S. Travitsky
