Sir Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542). See biographical note, page [252].
Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (1517-1547). See biographical note, page [252].
George Gascoigne (1536-1577). "The Steel Glass"; "The Tragedy of Iocaste."
Thomas Sackville, Lord Buckhurst (1536-1608). "The Induction to the Mirror for Magistrates"; "The Tragedy of Gorboduc."
Edmund Spenser (1552-1598). See biographical note, page [245].
Sir Philip Sidney (1554-1586). "Astrophel and Stella"; sonnets and short poems.
Thomas Watson (1557-1592). "The Hecatompathia or Passionate Century of Love"; "Melibœus"; "The Tears of Fancie."
John Lyly (1554-1606). Lyrical poems; "Alexander and Campaspe"; "Love's Metamorphosis."
Robert Greene (1560-1592). Dramas and lyrical poems.
Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593). Dramas and lyrical poems.