1572 In Literature

	1572 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1572. Events * January 3 – James Burbage, on behalf of Leicester's Men, writes to their patron, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, requesting that they be given the special status of "household servants". ''unknown dates'' Vagabonds Act in England prescribes punishment for rogues. This includes actors' companies lacking formal patronage. George Gascoigne becomes a "soldier of fortune" in the Low Countries. New books Remy Belleau – ''La Bergerie'' (2nd edition) Rafael Bombelli – ''L'Algebra'' John Field – '' A View of Popish Abuses yet remaining in the English Church'' ''Libro d'Oro'' of Corfu ''Bishops' Bible'' (revised version) New drama * Jean de la Taille – ''Saül le furieux'' Poetry Luís de Camões – '' Os Lusiadas'' Fernando de Herrera – ''Canción por la Victoria del Señor don Juan'' * Thomas Palfreyman – ''Divine Meditations'' Births * January 7 – Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 3 Events Pre-1600 AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) Decian persecution, to make sacrifices to the Roman gods. 1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull ''Decet Romanum Pontificem''. 1601–1900 1653 – By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage. 1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. 1749 – The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published. 1777 – General (United States), American General George Washington defeats British General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 7 Events Pre-1600 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. 1325 – Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. * 1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1601–1900 1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day. * 1738 – A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal. * 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens. * 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1642 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1642. Events May – The 35-year-old John Milton marries the teenage Mary Powell. A few weeks later she leaves him in London and returns to her family in Oxfordshire. May/June – English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace is incarcerated in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster for defying Parliament. During his time there he may be writing " To Althea, from Prison". September 2 – The theatres in London are closed by the Puritan government; the "lascivious mirth and levity" of stage plays are to "cease and be forborn" for the next 18 years, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Richard Brome's ''A Jovial Crew'' is reportedly staged on the final day, making it the last to be performed in the era of English Renaissance theatre. New books Prose Thomas Browne – ''Religio Medici'' Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède – ''Cassandre'' Thomas Fuller – ''The Holy State and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Mabbe James Mabbe or Mab (1572–1642) was an English scholar, translator, and poet, and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was involved in translations from Spanish, notably of the Picaresque novel by Mateo Alemán, ''Guzmán de Alfarache'', in 1622. He also translated some of the ''Novelas ejemplares'' of Miguel de Cervantes and, in 1631, ''Celestina, or the Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea,'' a 300-page play, or "novel in dialogue," by Fernando de Rojas. James Mabbe may also be the "I. M." who wrote the fourth commendatory verse to the First Folio of Shakespeare's William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ... plays (1623), given that his friend and colleague Leonard Digges wrote the third.F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564-1964,'' Baltimore, Penguin, 1964; p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1649 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1649. Events January 1 – Local authorities raid the four remaining London theatres – the Salisbury Court, the Red Bull, the Cockpit and the Fortune – to suppress clandestine play-acting. The actors found are arrested – except for the members of the Red Bull company, who manage to escape. February 9 – ''Eikon Basilike: the Pourtrature of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings'', purporting to be the spiritual autobiography of King Charles I of England, is published ten days after his execution and becomes a popular success. John Gauden later claims to have written it. March 24 – The authorities damage the Cockpit Theatre to inhibit continued attempts to use it for plays. (The building is not destroyed, however, and in 1660 it is fixed and used again, when drama resumes after the Restoration.) April 23 – William Everard, a Digger, issues "The Declaration and Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Theodorus Schrevelius Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet. Biography He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. He became the assistant director of the Latin school in Haarlem in 1597, where he also started work on translating Ovid. He was friends with the Mannerist artist group led by Karel van Mander, who himself translated Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1604. Schrevelius married Maria van Teylingen (1570-1652) in Alkmaar in 1599 and had seven children, including sons Augustinus Schrevelius, attorney at the Hof van Holland (High Court of Holland and Zeeland) and Cornelius Schrevelius, who later succeeded him as director of the Leiden school.Schrevelius biography at the website of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. * 677 – Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls. * 864 – The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. 1137 – Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. 1139 – Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal. * 1261 – The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. 1278 – The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1637 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1637. Events January – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy ''Le Cid'' first performed at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris. Based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las mocedades del Cid'' (1618), it is first published later in the year and sparks the debate of the '' Querelle du Cid'' at the '' Académie française'' over its failure to observe all the classical unities of drama and supposed lack of moral purpose, but proves popular with audiences. January 24 – ''Hamlet'' is performed before King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria at Hampton Court Palace. July 10 – Thomas Browne is registered as a physician, following which he settles in Norwich. August 30 – The King's Men mount a production for the English Court of William Cartwright's ''The Royal Slave'' at Christ Church, Oxford. The company is paid an extra £30 "for their pains in studying and acting" the drama. October 2 – The London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ben Jonson Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays ''Every Man in His Humour'' (1598), '' Volpone, or The Fox'' (c. 1606), '' The Alchemist'' (1610) and '' Bartholomew Fair'' (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I." Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Caroline era (1625–1642)."Ben Jonson", ''Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge'', volume 10, p. 388. His ancestor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain". * 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang. * 786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. * 980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler ('' knyaz'') of all Kievan Rus'. 1011 – Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor ('' catepan'') of the Catepanate of Italy. 1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1631 In Literature This article is a summary of the literary events and publications of 1631. Events * January 9 – '' Love's Triumph Through Callipolis'', a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is staged at Whitehall Palace. January 11 – The Master of the Revels in England refuses to license Philip Massinger's new play, ''Believe as You List'', because of its seditious content; it is first performed in a revised version on May 7. February 5 – Puritan minister and theologian Roger Williams emigrates from England to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. February 22 – ''Chloridia'', the year's second Jonson/Jones masque, is performed. June 10 – The King's Men perform ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' (c.1607/8) at the Globe Theatre. The young Blaise Pascal moves with his family to Paris. Thomas Hobbes is employed as a tutor by the Cavendish family, to teach the future Earl of Devonshire. Publication of the "Wicked Bible" by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Donne John Donne ( ; 22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a clergy, cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs and satires. He is also known for his sermons. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]

	1572 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1572. Events * January 3 – James Burbage, on behalf of Leicester's Men, writes to their patron, Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, requesting that they be given the special status of "household servants". ''unknown dates'' Vagabonds Act in England prescribes punishment for rogues. This includes actors' companies lacking formal patronage. George Gascoigne becomes a "soldier of fortune" in the Low Countries. New books Remy Belleau – ''La Bergerie'' (2nd edition) Rafael Bombelli – ''L'Algebra'' John Field – '' A View of Popish Abuses yet remaining in the English Church'' ''Libro d'Oro'' of Corfu ''Bishops' Bible'' (revised version) New drama * Jean de la Taille – ''Saül le furieux'' Poetry Luís de Camões – '' Os Lusiadas'' Fernando de Herrera – ''Canción por la Victoria del Señor don Juan'' * Thomas Palfreyman – ''Divine Meditations'' Births * January 7 – Ant ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 3 Events Pre-1600 AD 69, 69 – The Roman legions on the Rhine refuse to declare their allegiance to Galba, instead proclaiming their legate, Aulus Vitellius, as emperor. 250 – Emperor Decius orders everyone in the Roman Empire (except Jews) Decian persecution, to make sacrifices to the Roman gods. 1521 – Pope Leo X excommunicates Martin Luther in the papal bull ''Decet Romanum Pontificem''. 1601–1900 1653 – By the Coonan Cross Oath, the Eastern Christianity, Eastern Church in India cuts itself off from colonial Portuguese tutelage. 1749 – Benning Wentworth issues the first of the New Hampshire Grants, leading to the establishment of Vermont. 1749 – The first issue of ''Berlingske'', Denmark's oldest continually operating newspaper, is published. 1777 – General (United States), American General George Washington defeats British General Charles Cornwallis, 1st Marquess Cornwallis, Lord Cornwallis at the Battle of Princeton. 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	January 7 Events Pre-1600 49 BC – The Senate of Rome says that Caesar will be declared a public enemy unless he disbands his army. This prompts the tribunes who support him to flee to Ravenna, where Caesar is waiting. 1325 – Alfonso IV becomes King of Portugal. * 1558 – French troops, led by Francis, Duke of Guise, take Calais, the last continental possession of England. 1601–1900 1608 – Fire destroys Jamestown, Virginia. 1610 – Galileo Galilei makes his first observation of the four Galilean moons: Ganymede, Callisto, Io and Europa, although he is not able to distinguish the last two until the following day. * 1738 – A peace treaty is signed between Peshwa Bajirao and Jai Singh II following Maratha victory in the Battle of Bhopal. * 1782 – The first American commercial bank, the Bank of North America, opens. * 1785 – Frenchman Jean-Pierre Blanchard and American John Jeffries travel from Dover, England, to Calais, France, in a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1642 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1642. Events May – The 35-year-old John Milton marries the teenage Mary Powell. A few weeks later she leaves him in London and returns to her family in Oxfordshire. May/June – English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace is incarcerated in the Gatehouse Prison, Westminster for defying Parliament. During his time there he may be writing " To Althea, from Prison". September 2 – The theatres in London are closed by the Puritan government; the "lascivious mirth and levity" of stage plays are to "cease and be forborn" for the next 18 years, during the English Civil War and the Interregnum. Richard Brome's ''A Jovial Crew'' is reportedly staged on the final day, making it the last to be performed in the era of English Renaissance theatre. New books Prose Thomas Browne – ''Religio Medici'' Gauthier de Costes, seigneur de la Calprenède – ''Cassandre'' Thomas Fuller – ''The Holy State and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	James Mabbe James Mabbe or Mab (1572–1642) was an English scholar, translator, and poet, and a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford. He was involved in translations from Spanish, notably of the Picaresque novel by Mateo Alemán, ''Guzmán de Alfarache'', in 1622. He also translated some of the ''Novelas ejemplares'' of Miguel de Cervantes and, in 1631, ''Celestina, or the Tragicomedy of Calisto and Melibea,'' a 300-page play, or "novel in dialogue," by Fernando de Rojas. James Mabbe may also be the "I. M." who wrote the fourth commendatory verse to the First Folio of Shakespeare's William Shakespeare ( 26 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's nation ... plays (1623), given that his friend and colleague Leonard Digges wrote the third.F. E. Halliday, ''A Shakespeare Companion 1564-1964,'' Baltimore, Penguin, 1964; p. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1649 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1649. Events January 1 – Local authorities raid the four remaining London theatres – the Salisbury Court, the Red Bull, the Cockpit and the Fortune – to suppress clandestine play-acting. The actors found are arrested – except for the members of the Red Bull company, who manage to escape. February 9 – ''Eikon Basilike: the Pourtrature of His Sacred Majestie in His Solitudes and Sufferings'', purporting to be the spiritual autobiography of King Charles I of England, is published ten days after his execution and becomes a popular success. John Gauden later claims to have written it. March 24 – The authorities damage the Cockpit Theatre to inhibit continued attempts to use it for plays. (The building is not destroyed, however, and in 1660 it is fixed and used again, when drama resumes after the Restoration.) April 23 – William Everard, a Digger, issues "The Declaration and Stand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Theodorus Schrevelius Theodorus Schrevelius (25 July 1572 – 2 December 1649) was a Dutch Golden Age writer and poet. Biography He was born in Haarlem, and in 1591 went to study Greek and Latin at the University of Leiden. He became the assistant director of the Latin school in Haarlem in 1597, where he also started work on translating Ovid. He was friends with the Mannerist artist group led by Karel van Mander, who himself translated Ovid's Metamorphoses in 1604. Schrevelius married Maria van Teylingen (1570-1652) in Alkmaar in 1599 and had seven children, including sons Augustinus Schrevelius, attorney at the Hof van Holland (High Court of Holland and Zeeland) and Cornelius Schrevelius, who later succeeded him as director of the Leiden school.Schrevelius biography at the website of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	July 25 Events Pre-1600 * 306 – Constantine I is proclaimed Roman emperor by his troops. * 315 – The Arch of Constantine is completed near the Colosseum in Rome to commemorate Constantine I's victory over Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge. * 677 – Climax of the Siege of Thessalonica by the Slavs in a three-day assault on the city walls. * 864 – The Edict of Pistres of Charles the Bald orders defensive measures against the Vikings. 1137 – Eleanor of Aquitaine marries Prince Louis, later King Louis VII of France, at the Cathedral of Saint-André in Bordeaux. 1139 – Battle of Ourique: The Almoravids, led by Ali ibn Yusuf, are defeated by Prince Afonso Henriques who is proclaimed King of Portugal. * 1261 – The city of Constantinople is recaptured by Nicaean forces under the command of Alexios Strategopoulos, re-establishing the Byzantine Empire. 1278 – The naval Battle of Algeciras takes place in the context of the Spanish Reconqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1637 In Literature This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1637. Events January – Pierre Corneille's tragicomedy ''Le Cid'' first performed at the Théâtre du Marais in Paris. Based on Guillén de Castro's play ''Las mocedades del Cid'' (1618), it is first published later in the year and sparks the debate of the '' Querelle du Cid'' at the '' Académie française'' over its failure to observe all the classical unities of drama and supposed lack of moral purpose, but proves popular with audiences. January 24 – ''Hamlet'' is performed before King Charles I and Queen Henrietta Maria at Hampton Court Palace. July 10 – Thomas Browne is registered as a physician, following which he settles in Norwich. August 30 – The King's Men mount a production for the English Court of William Cartwright's ''The Royal Slave'' at Christ Church, Oxford. The company is paid an extra £30 "for their pains in studying and acting" the drama. October 2 – The London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Ben Jonson Benjamin "Ben" Jonson (c. 11 June 1572 – c. 16 August 1637) was an English playwright and poet. Jonson's artistry exerted a lasting influence upon English poetry and stage comedy. He popularised the comedy of humours; he is best known for the satirical plays ''Every Man in His Humour'' (1598), '' Volpone, or The Fox'' (c. 1606), '' The Alchemist'' (1610) and '' Bartholomew Fair'' (1614) and for his lyric and epigrammatic poetry. "He is generally regarded as the second most important English dramatist, after William Shakespeare, during the reign of James I." Jonson was a classically educated, well-read and cultured man of the English Renaissance with an appetite for controversy (personal and political, artistic and intellectual) whose cultural influence was of unparalleled breadth upon the playwrights and the poets of the Jacobean era (1603–1625) and of the Caroline era (1625–1642)."Ben Jonson", ''Grolier Encyclopedia of Knowledge'', volume 10, p. 388. His ancestor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	June 11 Events Pre-1600 * 173 – Marcomannic Wars: The Roman army in Moravia is encircled by the Quadi, who have broken the peace treaty (171). In a violent thunderstorm emperor Marcus Aurelius defeats and subdues them in the so-called "miracle of the rain". * 631 – Emperor Taizong of Tang sends envoys to the Xueyantuo bearing gold and silk in order to seek the release of Chinese prisoners captured during the transition from Sui to Tang. * 786 – A Hasanid Alid uprising in Mecca is crushed by the Abbasids at the Battle of Fakhkh. * 980 – Vladimir the Great consolidates the Kievan realm from Ukraine to the Baltic Sea. He is proclaimed ruler ('' knyaz'') of all Kievan Rus'. 1011 – Lombard Revolt: Greek citizens of Bari rise up against the Lombard rebels led by Melus and deliver the city to Basil Mesardonites, Byzantine governor ('' catepan'') of the Catepanate of Italy. 1118 – Roger of Salerno, Prince of Antioch, captures Azaz from the Seljuk ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	1631 In Literature This article is a summary of the literary events and publications of 1631. Events * January 9 – '' Love's Triumph Through Callipolis'', a masque written by Ben Jonson and designed by Inigo Jones, is staged at Whitehall Palace. January 11 – The Master of the Revels in England refuses to license Philip Massinger's new play, ''Believe as You List'', because of its seditious content; it is first performed in a revised version on May 7. February 5 – Puritan minister and theologian Roger Williams emigrates from England to Boston in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. February 22 – ''Chloridia'', the year's second Jonson/Jones masque, is performed. June 10 – The King's Men perform ''Pericles, Prince of Tyre'' (c.1607/8) at the Globe Theatre. The young Blaise Pascal moves with his family to Paris. Thomas Hobbes is employed as a tutor by the Cavendish family, to teach the future Earl of Devonshire. Publication of the "Wicked Bible" by Robert Barker and Martin Lucas, the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	John Donne John Donne ( ; 22 January 1572 – 31 March 1631) was an English poet, scholar, soldier and secretary born into a recusant family, who later became a clergy, cleric in the Church of England. Under royal patronage, he was made Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London (1621–1631). He is considered the preeminent representative of the metaphysical poets. His poetical works are noted for their metaphorical and sensual style and include sonnets, love poems, religious poems, Latin translations, epigrams, elegies, songs and satires. He is also known for his sermons. Donne's style is characterised by abrupt openings and various paradoxes, ironies and dislocations. These features, along with his frequent dramatic or everyday speech rhythms, his tense syntax and his tough eloquence, were both a reaction against the smoothness of conventional Elizabethan poetry and an adaptation into English of European baroque and mannerist techniques. His early career was marked by poetry that bore immen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]