Joshua Eckhardt teaches sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

The new light which he [Eckhardt] sheds on how the material formations of early modern verse manuscripts could participate in edgy comment on sex and politics should open up much further discussion.

• Abbreviations and conventions ; 1. The literary and political activity of manuscript verse collectors ; 2. The politics of courtly and anti-courtly love poetry in the hands of collectors ; 3. 'Love-song weeds, and Satyrique thornes': anti-courtly love poetry and Somerset libels ; 4. The Spanish match and the history of sexuality ; 5. Verse collectors and Buckingham's assassination ; Epilogue: Redeploying anti-courtly love poetry against the protectorate ; Appendices: 1. Selected verse texts; 2. Manuscript descriptions ; Index of manuscripts cited ; List of printed works cited ; General index

Joshua Eckhardt teaches sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

The new light which he [Eckhardt] sheds on how the material formations of early modern verse manuscripts could participate in edgy comment on sex and politics should open up much further discussion.

• Abbreviations and conventions ; 1. The literary and political activity of manuscript verse collectors ; 2. The politics of courtly and anti-courtly love poetry in the hands of collectors ; 3. 'Love-song weeds, and Satyrique thornes': anti-courtly love poetry and Somerset libels ; 4. The Spanish match and the history of sexuality ; 5. Verse collectors and Buckingham's assassination ; Epilogue: Redeploying anti-courtly love poetry against the protectorate ; Appendices: 1. Selected verse texts; 2. Manuscript descriptions ; Index of manuscripts cited ; List of printed works cited ; General index

Joshua Eckhardt teaches sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English literature at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond.

The new light which he [Eckhardt] sheds on how the material formations of early modern verse manuscripts could participate in edgy comment on sex and politics should open up much further discussion.

• Abbreviations and conventions ; 1. The literary and political activity of manuscript verse collectors ; 2. The politics of courtly and anti-courtly love poetry in the hands of collectors ; 3. 'Love-song weeds, and Satyrique thornes': anti-courtly love poetry and Somerset libels ; 4. The Spanish match and the history of sexuality ; 5. Verse collectors and Buckingham's assassination ; Epilogue: Redeploying anti-courtly love poetry against the protectorate ; Appendices: 1. Selected verse texts; 2. Manuscript descriptions ; Index of manuscripts cited ; List of printed works cited ; General index