Author:William Alexander (c. 1567-1640)

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William Alexander
(1570/c. 1567 – 1640)

William Alexander

Works

• The Tragedie of Darius (1603)
• Crœsus (1604)
• A Parænesis to the Prince (1604) (external scan)
• Aurora (1604) (external scan)
• The Alexandræan, a Tragedy (1605)
• Julius Cæsar (1607)
• Elegie on the death of Prince Henry (1612)
• Doomes-day; or the Great Day of the Lord's Judgment (1614)
• Encouragement to Colonies (1625)
• Jonathan(1637), fragment of a planned larger work
• Recreations with the Muses (1637)

Collected works

• The poetical works of Sir William Alexander, Earl of Stirling, etc.: now first collected and edited, with memoir and notes (1870) edited by Robert Alison, in 3 vols. (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2, 3)

Works about Alexander

• "William Alexander, Earl of Sterline," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (pp. 1−4), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698)
• "Alexander, William (1567?-1640)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Alexander, William," in A biographical dictionary of eminent Scotsmen, (ed.) by Thomas Thomson, Glasgow: Blackie and Son (1857, 2nd edition) in 9 vols.