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In 1644, Oldisworth (1611-45) collected some 120 poems he had written as an undergraduate at Oxford...
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In 1644, Oldisworth (1611-45) collected some 120 poems he had written as an undergraduate at Oxford many years before. The volume remained in his family for half a century after his death, vanished, appeared as a collector's trophy, then vanished again during the 1930s into the vastness of the Bodleian Library. Gouws, a South African scholar now retired from teaching, brings them to light once more, with notes and a long introduction. One of his concerns is how to approach poems that are so old yet have no critical baggage. Annotation ©2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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