1557 in literature

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This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1557.

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Songes and Sonettes, usually called Tottel's Miscellany, was the first printed anthology of English poetry. First published by Richard Tottel in 1557 in London, it ran to many editions in the sixteenth century.

Richard Tottel was an English publisher and influential member of the legal community. He ran his business from a shop located at Temple Bar on Fleet Street in London. The majority of his printing was centered on legal documents, but he is most known for a collection he edited and published in 1557 called Songes and Sonnettes.

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George Frederick Nott (1767–1841) was an English author and a Church of England clergyman.

References

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  2. John Watkins (1800). An Universal Biographical and Historical Dictionary. R. Phillips. p. 832.
  3. Raisa Maria Toivo; Sari Katajala-Peltomaa (20 October 2016). Lived Religion and the Long Reformation in Northern Europe c. 1300–1700. Brill. pp. 228–. ISBN   978-90-04-32887-7.
  4. Jennifer Speake (2003). Literature of Travel and Exploration: G to P. Taylor & Francis. p. 896. ISBN   978-1-57958-424-5.