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'the highest matter in the noblest form' John Donne's description of the Psalms celebrates not only the perfection of the biblical psalms but their translation into poetic form by the Sidneys, who turned them into some of the most accomplished lyric poems of the English Renaissance. Although it was not printed until the nineteenth century, the Sidney Psalter was widely read in manuscript and influenced poets from Donne and Herbert to Milton and beyond. It turned these well-known and well-loved Psalms into sophisticated verse, selecting or inventing a different stanza form for each one. This variety of forms matches the appeal of their content: there are Psalms of praise and blame, Psalms of cursing and lamentation, Psalms of joy and exaltation, Psalms that recount history, and Psalms that describe Creation or divine law. This is the first complete edition of the Psalter for over forty years. The Psalms are provided in an authoritative modernized text, with helpful glosses and notes illuminating points of interpretation, and an introduction setting the Psalms in their literary and cultural contexts.
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Hannibal Hamlin is Associate Professor of English at Ohio State University.
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An excellent edition, utilizing some of the top specialists in the field. Hannibal Hamlin wrote 'Psalm Cutlure and Early Modern English Literature', and seems to contribute most of the introduction. Brennan, Hannay and Kinnamon edited the OUP edition of Mary Sidney's Psalm translations (44-150) and continue their erudite schoalrship here. The editors use the authoratitive Penhurst manuscript as the basis for their edition with supplement from the Tixall and Bod. MS Raw. 25, which gives the collection a much needed sense of unity, especially when so many variants of individual psalms exist. If I were to offer one criticism it is that the scholarly apparatus feels a little light compared to other (admittedly academic) editions - especially Rathmell's 1963 edition of the Psalter. For instance, in the slim bibliography, there is no mention of the Sidney's contemporaneous influences such as de Beza or Calvin. Also, the introduction seems to tread well-worn ground, not raising any issues over authorship/translation/autonomy in the problematic time of its composition. However, there is a generous selection of notes for an Oxford World Classics, and it's great to see this understudied classic of Renaissance literature available more widely.
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It is hard to imagine a more poignant publication than this fine edition of a sister, Mary Sidney, Countess of Pembroke, who finished a translation of the Psalter, begun by her brother, dead in 1586 fighting to help the Dutch stay free. Her poetry is often as powerful as that of more famous poets, not least George Herbert, and it is wonderful to have her and her brother's translations in an edition most of us can afford. The editors are meticulous scholars, well-known in the academic world, and we all owe them--and the Sidneys--applause and gratitude.
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