Matthew Prior
Prior, Matthew - 1664–1721, English poet and diplomat, b. Wimborne, Dorset. With his appointment as secretary to the embassy at The Hague during the negotiations leading to the Treaty of Ryswick (1697), Prior began a long diplomatic career. During Anne's reign he joined the Tories (1711) and helped, as special envoy, to conclude the Peace of Utrecht. With the accession of George I, Prior Read More...
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A Collection of English Poems, 1660-1800 ("Matthew Prior (1664-1687-1721)" begins on p. 206)
by Ronald S. Crane. 1176 pgs.
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Convention and Consciousness in Prior's Love Lyrics, in Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900
by Faith Gildenhuys. 19 pgs.
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The Treaties of the War of the Spanish Succession: An Historical and Critical Dictionary ("Prior, Matthew (1664-1721)" begins on p. 363)
by Linda Frey, Marsha Frey. 580 pgs.
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English Literature from Dryden to Burns (Matthew Prior" begins on p. 181)
by Alan Dugald McKillop. 454 pgs.
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A Treasury of Great Poems: English and American (Includes poems by Matthew Prior
by Louis Untermeyer. 1288 pgs.
