William Fennor
William Fennor (fl 1617), also known as Wilhelmus Vener,[1] was an English bilingual English/Dutch poet and rogue of the Elizabethan and Jacobean periods. He was the author of The Compter’s Commonwealth (1617).[2] This work was written from his experience of imprisonment at London's Wood Street compter.
References
- Simoni, Anna E. C. (1978). "Bilingual poet: William Fennor, Alias Wilhelmus Vener, Enghelsman". Neophilologus. 62: 151–160. doi:10.1007/BF01514320.
- The Cambridge History of English and American Literature in 18 Volumes (1907–21). Volume IV. Prose and Poetry: Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. XVI. London and the Development of Popular Literature. § 23. Discoverie of the Knights of the Poste.
External links
- Bilingual poet: William Fennor, Alias Wilhelmus Vener, Enghelsman (requires login)
- Works by or about William Fennor in libraries (WorldCat catalog)
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