RENAISSANCE WOMEN POETS PB – AEMILIA LANYER-ISABELLA WHITNEY-MARY SIDNEY

"Whitney s two volumes of verse miscellany, Sweet Nosegay (1573) and The Copy of a Letter (1567), were part of a literary trend of combining classical and Biblical references with popular and vernacular sources, and reflect the growing literary appetites of the urban population. As well a selection of her original poetry, this volume includes Sidney s version of the Psalms of David and Petrach s Triumph of Death . Lanyer s poetry is devotional and is the most single-minded and explicit inits advocacy of female spirituality and virtue. Included here are Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum and The Description of Cooke-ham ."