Q: Tottle's Miscellany is a famous anthology of 'Songs and Sonnets'. Whose songs and sonnets are predominant in it?
a) Ryght Honorable Lord Henry Howard
b) Wyatt and Surrey
c) John Keats and John Milton
d) A and C
Correct answer: b) Wyatt and Surrey
Explanation of English Literature MCQs Test
Tottle's Miscellany is a famous anthology of 'Songs and Sonnets'
A collection of short poems by various poets known as Tottel’s Miscellany contains 310 poems, including the 39 poems added to the second edition. This collection was published by Richard Tottel, an English publisher whose shop was with Temple Bar in London. His job was to publish law textbooks but this book was published in an anthology(a collection of songs or musical compositions issued in one album) of poetry.
Tottel has contributed to the publication of great English literature
Including:- Surrey's translation of the second of Virgil's Aeneid
- Surrey's translation of the fourth book of Virgil's Aeneid
- Cicero's De Officiis in 1556 by Nicholas Grimald
- Thomas More's Utopia
- John Lydgate's translations from Giovanni Boccaccio
- Books by William Staunford and Thomas Tusser
- A legal history of the reign of Richard III
First Publication of Tottel’s Miscellany
The first collection of Tottel’s Miscellany was published on 5 June 1557. This collection contained 271 poems and was named Songes and Sonettes Written By the Ryght Honorable Lord Henry Howard, late Earle of Surrey, Thomas Wyatt the Elder and other poets as well. It was the first time that the anthologies became popular by the end of the sixteenth century, moreover, it was sung the great contribution of Tottel to the English letters. It was the first publication to be printed for the pleasure of common readers.
Predominant Songs and Sonnets
In this collection the poems of Earl of Surrey and Thomas Wyatt are predominant. Both predominant poets were highly influenced by Italian poetry.See more: The earliest version of the Bible is:
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