Tottle’s Miscellany by Richard Tottle
English poetry burst into sudden glory in the late 1570s. A decisive shift in taste and culture was visible from then. It was a period of slow increasing confidence in the literary sky along with the progress in the educational arena and the growth of substantial English leadership with a cultivated taste. The Discovery of the printing press accelerated its development. The stationers’ Company which controlled the publication of books was incorporated in 1557. And Richard Tottle’s Miscellany in 1557 was a revolutionary step in creating a direct bridge between audience and poet for the first time in its true sense. Before that poetic creation and criticisms were circulated only among the courtly people. Tottle’s Miscellany paved the way for later poets to celebrate their poetic personalities.
