Reading Chaucer in New College, Oxford, in the 1630s: the commendatory verses to Francis Kynaston's Amorum Troili et Creseidae by Griffith, M, Poole, W, Knox, P

“…In this article we investigate these commendatory verses, a narrow but rich seam of evidence for a variety of attitudes to Chaucer in the seventeenth century that occupy an unusual position in the history of Chaucer’s reception. …”

“And every day new Authors doe appeare…”: Labelling the Author in the Front Matter of Thomas Beedome’s Poems Divine, and Humane (1641) by Jasper Schelstraete

“…This essay shows how the writers of the commendatory verses try to single out Beedome by almost obsessively labelling him as a worthy author, comparing him favourably with classical and contemporary poets, and affirming the proprietary relationship between Beedome and his poems.…”
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“And every day new Authors doe appeare…”: Labelling the Author in the Front Matter of Thomas Beedome’s Poems Divine, and Humane (1641) by Sarah Herbe

“…This essay shows how the writers of the commendatory verses try to single out Beedome by almost obsessively labelling him as a worthy author, comparing him favourably with classical and contemporary poets, and affirming the proprietary relationship between Beedome and his poems.…”
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Preliminaries and paratexts by Lidster, A

“…This chapter proposes that discursive paratexts – dedications, addresses to readers, and commendatory verses – are crucial sites for developing ideas of dramatic authorship during the early modern period. …”