The Work of Conjoining
A Gorgious Gallery, of Gallant Inventions, printed by Richard Jones in 1578, pitches itself to readers with a flurry of metaphorical and relentlessly alliterative enticements. This anthology is hailed by its title-page as ‘Garnished and decked with diuers dayntie deuises, right delicate and delightfull, to recreate eche modest minde withall’. On top of its poetic charms, readers are promised a paradigm of expert craftsmanship, in the poems themselves, and in their compilation: ‘First framed and fashioned in sundrie formes, by diuers worthy workemen of late dates: and now, ioyned together and builded vp: By T.P.’ Each of these claims is picked up by Anthony Munday in his commendatory poem a few pages later. Read more…
Cite as:
Ted Tregear,
"The Work of Conjoining,"
Spenser Review
(Winter 2022).
Accessed April 25th, 2025.
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