{"product_id":"robert-chesters-loves-martyr-or-rosalins-complaint-with-its-supplement-diverse-poeticall-essaies-on-the-turtle-and-phoenix-paperback-9781108067959","title":"Robert Chester's ‘Love's Martyr; Or, Rosalins Complaint'; With its Supplement, ‘Diverse Poeticall Essaies on the Turtle and Phoenix' (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108067959","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRobert Chester's ‘Love's Martyr; Or, Rosalins Complaint'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWith its Supplement, ‘Diverse Poeticall Essaies on the Turtle and Phoenix'\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn 1878 edition of Chester's allegorical poem, better known for the appended original works by Shakespeare, Jonson, Chapman and Marston.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRobert Chester (Author), Alexander Balloch Grosart (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108067959, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 31 July 2014\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e358 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 2 cm, 0.53 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe literary scholar Alexander Balloch Grosart (1827–99) reprinted this allegorical poem by Robert Chester (fl.c.1586–1604) with an introduction and notes in 1878. Grosart incorrectly identified the poem's author as a certain Sir Robert Chester of Royston. Later research suggests Chester served as a chaplain or secretary in the household of the work's dedicatee, Sir John Salusbury. Originally printed in 1601, the grandiloquent, meandering poem is chiefly remembered for the works appended to it. These include original poems by Chester's contemporaries, Shakespeare, Jonson, Chapman and Marston, as well as the anonymous 'Ignoto' and 'Vatum Chorus'. All the poems treat Chester's theme, an invented myth describing the chaste, sacrificial love between a phoenix and a turtledove. Scholars continue to debate the identity of the historical figures signified by these birds, especially in Shakespeare's cryptic contribution.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe argument\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. Chester's 'Love's Martyr'\u003cbr\u003e 3. Diverse poeticall essaies on the turtle and phoenix\u003cbr\u003e 4. Notes and illustrations\u003cbr\u003e 5. Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004046954776,"sku":"9781108067959","price":31.69,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108067959i.jpg?v=1696748677","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/robert-chesters-loves-martyr-or-rosalins-complaint-with-its-supplement-diverse-poeticall-essaies-on-the-turtle-and-phoenix-paperback-9781108067959","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}