'Epiques chang'd to Doleful Elegies': The Poems on the Death of Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester

• Published in: The Seventeenth century Vol. 39; no. 3; pp. 441 - 465
• Main Author: West, John
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Durham Routledge 03.05.2024; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: 17th century; Charles II; Henrietta Maria; Deaths; Duke of Gloucester; Elegies; elegy; Henry Stuart; panegyric; Poetry; Restoration; Restoration period; Royalty

This article examines the elegies written in 1660 in response to the death of Henry Stuart, Duke of Gloucester. It analyses the elegies to show how Henry's death meant the joys of the Restoration shifted to emotions of grief and that doubts about the security of the new royalist regime were bro...