Richard Barnfield's Poetics: Early Modern English Poetry Beyond Shakespeare

Richard Barnfield is sometimes considered the rival poet in Shakespeare's sonnets but has been relatively neglected in studies of early modern English poetry.

This edited collection situates Barnfield's position in early modern literature beyond his best known work, The Affectionate Shepherd, exploring his classical education, wider homoerotic verse and distinctive aesthetic literary style.

Making use of different approaches, the essays in this volume tackle issues of intertextuality and in...