Edwards, Richard, 1523?-1566

An English farmer, poet, dramatist, and composer, sometimes known as Richard Edwardes. His play Palamon and Arcite, now lost, was performed for the court of Elizabeth I in 1566. The excellent Comedie of two the moste faithfullest Freendes, Damon and Pithias (published 1571) is his only now-extant drama. Some of his poems appeared in the Paradise of Dainty Devices (1576).

Edinburgh Review

Established in 1802 under publisher Archibald Constable, the extremely influential, liberal-leaning Edinburgh Review, was published quarterly until 1929. The periodical did much to disseminate the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment and helped cement Edinburgh's reputation as a literary capital. It's most important rival was the Quarterly Review. Though not it's first editor, Francis Jeffrey, who took over in 1803, established the periodical's tone and reputation, making it a model of the type of literary and cultural journalism that still dominates the genre today.