John Bodenham (c. 1559–1610), an English anthologist, was the patron of some of the Elizabethan poetry anthologies.
John Bodenham | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1559 |
| Died | c. 1610 (aged c. 50) |
| Occupation | anthologist |
| Years active | c. 1600 |
Life
editBodenham was the eldest of the five children of William Bodnam, a London grocer, and Katherine Wanton of York. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School.[1]
According to Arthur Henry Bullen in the Dictionary of National Biography, Bodenham did not himself edit any of the Elizabethan miscellanies attributed to him by bibliographers. He simply projected the publication of them and befriended their editors.[2]
Works
edit- Politeuphuia (Wits' Commonwealth) (1597)
- Wits' Theater (1598)
- Belvidere, or the Garden of the Muses (1600)
- England's Helicon (1600). This "prints for the first time [Christopher] Marlowe's 'The Passionate Shepherd to his Love', with [Sir Walter] Ralegh's reply."[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Marotti 2004.
- ^ Bullen 1886.
- Attribution
- Bullen, Arthur Henry (1886). . In Stephen, Leslie (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 05. London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 291–292.
- Marotti, Arthur F. (2004). "Bodenham , John (c.1559–1610)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/2754. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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