Henry Reynolds (1564–1632) was an English schoolmaster poet and literary critic of the seventeenth century. Born in Suffolk, he is known for two works: ''Aminta Englisht'' of 1628, a translation from

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, and ''Mythomystes'', a 1632 critical work on poetry considered to be most influenced by the

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of the early Italian Renaissance. He was the dedicatee of a 1627 poem by

Michael Drayton Michael Drayton (1563 – 23 December 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. He died on 23 December 1631 in London. Early life Drayton was born at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Almost nothin ...

. In 1611 he was rumoured to be planning to marry

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, and then the widow of a Mr Evans a clerk of Parliament.Norman Egbert McClure, ''Letters of John Chamberlain'', vol. 1 (Philadelphia, 1939), pp. 306, 314. Otherwise there is sparse biographical information.

Works

*''Aminta, Englisht. The Henry Reynolds translation'' (1972). Edited by Clifford Davidson, appendix by Robert Dean. *''Mythomystes'' (1972) Scolar Press reprint ,

References

*J.N. Douglas Bush, ''Two Poems by Henry Reynolds'', Modern Language Notes, Vol. 41, No. 8 (Dec., 1926), pp. 510–513 *A.M. Cinquemani, ''Henry Reynolds' "Mythomystes" and the Continuity of Ancient Modes of Allegoresis in Seventeenth-Century England'', PMLA, Vol. 85, No. 5 (Oct., 1970), pp. 1041–1049 *M. Hobbs, ''Drayton's 'Most Dearely-Loved Friend Henery Reynolds Esq.''The Review of English Studies, New Series, Vol. 24, No. 96 (Nov., 1973), pp. 414–428 *H.R. Woodhuysen (ed.), ''The Penguin Book of Renaissance Verse'' (Penguin Books, 1993). *A.-M. Hartmann, 'While the Winds Breathe, Adore Echo. Henry Reynolds between Neo-Platonic and Protestant Ethics of Myth', in ''English Mythography in its European Context, 1500-1650'' (Oxford University Press 2018)
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