The Prose of Fulke Greville , Lord Brooke

by Fulke Greville, Mark Caldwell (Editor)

Poet and playwright Sir Fulke Greville (1554-1628) was a great favorite at the court of Queen Elizabeth I. This volume includes A Dedication to Sir Philip Sidney--written about his close friend and revealing much of the "human" side of Sidney--and the incomplete Letter to An Honourable Lady,
previously available only in collections of Greville's writings. This edition is modernized to make it more accessible and includes a substantial commentary, a glossary, and an index.

334 pages, Hardcover

First published April 10, 1986

About the author

Elizabethan poet, dramatist, and statesman Fulke Greville, first baron Brooke and de jure thirteenth baron Latimer and fifth baron Willoughby de Broke, sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1581 and 1621, when the Crown raised him to the peerage.

Greville, a capable administrator, served England under Elizabeth I and James I as, successively, Treasurer of the Navy, Chancellor of the Exchequer, and commissioner of the Treasury. For his services, the Crown in 1621 made him baron Brooke, peer of the realm.

Granted Warwick castle in 1604, Greville made numerous improvements. Sober poetry of this known biographer of Sir Philip Sidney presents dark, thoughtful, and distinctly Calvinist views on art, literature, beauty, and other philosophical matters.