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1591 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 25 – English Queen Elizabeth I awards Edmund Spenser a pension of 50 pounds per year for lifeHadfield, Andrew''The Cambridge Companion to Spenser'' "Chronology", Cambridge University Press, 2001, , p xix, retrieved via Google Books, September 24, 2009 (see Spenser's ''Complaints'', in "Works" section below) Works published Great Britain * Nicholas Breton, ''Brittons Bowre of Delights'' * Thomas Campion, ''Astrophel and Stella'' Lucie-Smith, Edward, ''Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse'', 1965, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Penguin Books * Michael Drayton, ''The Harmonie of the Church'' (republished 1610 under the title ''A Heavenly Harmonie'') * Abraham Fraunce: ** ''The Countesse of Pembrokes Emanuel'' ** ''The Countesse of Pembrokes Yvychurch'', Part 1 adapted from Torquato Tasso's ''Aminta''; Part 2 a revision of Fraunce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irish Poetry
Irish poetry is poetry written by poets from Ireland. It is mainly written in Irish language, Irish and English, though some is in Scottish Gaelic literature, Scottish Gaelic and some in Hiberno-Latin. The complex interplay between the two main traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English and Scottish Gaelic literature, Scottish Gaelic, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to categorise. The earliest surviving poems in Irish date back to the 6th century, while the first known poems in English from Ireland date to the 14th century. Although there has always been some cross-fertilization between the two language traditions, an English-language poetry that had absorbed themes and models from Irish did not finally emerge until the 19th century. This culminated in the work of the poets of the Irish Literary Revival in the late 19th and early 20th century. Towards the last quarter of the 20th century, modern Irish poetry tended ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1592
Events January–June * January 30 – Pope Clement VIII (born Ippolito Aldobrandini) succeeds Pope Innocent IX, who died one month earlier, as the 231st pope. He immediately recalls the Sixtine Vulgate. * February 7 – George Gordon, 1st Marquess of Huntly, sets fire to Donibristle Castle in Scotland and murders James Stewart, 2nd Earl of Moray. * March 3 – Trinity College Dublin, Ireland's oldest university, is founded. * March 14 – Ultimate ''Pi Day'': the largest correspondence between calendar dates and significant digits of pi since the introduction of the Julian calendar according to the American method of writing the number of the month prior to the day. * April 4 – The future Henry IV of France, King designate of Henry III of France, announces in a declaration, so-called "Expedient," his intention to take instruction in, and convert to, the Catholic religion. * April 13 – The Japanese invasions of Korea (1592–98) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Of Pembroke's Arcadia
''The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'', also known simply as the ''Arcadia'', is a long prose pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney written towards the end of the 16th century. Having finished one version of his text, Sidney later significantly expanded and revised his work. Scholars today often refer to these two major versions as the ''Old Arcadia'' and the ''New Arcadia''. The ''Arcadia'' is Sidney's most ambitious literary work by far, and as significant in its own way as his sonnets. Composition and publication Sidney's ''Arcadia'' has a history that is unusually complex even for its time. The ''Old Arcadia'' Sidney may have begun an early draft in the late 1570s, when he was in his twenties. His own comments indicate that his purpose was humble; he asserts that he intended only to entertain his sister, Mary Herbert, from 1577 Countess of Pembroke. This version is narrated in chronological order, with sets of poems separating the books from each other. It seems likely th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1598 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published England *Richard Barnfield: ** ''The Encomium of Lady Pecunia; or, The Praise of Money''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''Poems in Divers Humours'' Lucie-Smith, Edward, ''Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse'', 1965, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Penguin Books * Nicholas Breton, ''A Solemne Passion of the Soules Love'' * Richard Carew, published anonymously, ''A Herrings Tale'' * George Chapman: ** ''Seven Bookes of the Iliades of Homere, Prince of Poets'', contains books 1–2, 7–9 (see also ''Achilles Shield'' 1598, ''Homer Prince of Poets'' 1609, ''The Iliads of Homer'' 1611, ''Homers Odysses'' 1614, ''Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses'' 1615, ''The Whole Workes of Homer'' 1616) ** ''Achilles Shield'' * Thomas Churchyard, ''A Wish ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1597 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Nicholas Breton: ** ''The Arbor of Amorous Devises'', anthology partly by Breton, probably compiled by the printer, Richard Jones; reprints 10 poems from ''Brittons Bowre of Delights'' 1591Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''Auspicante Jehova'' * John Dowland, ''The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Partes'' verse and music (see also ''Second Booke'' 1600, ''Third and Last Booke'' 1603) *Michael Drayton, ''Englands Heroicall Epistles'' (expanded in 1598; reprinted in ''The Barrons Wars'' 1603) * Joseph Hall, ''Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes'' * Henry Lok, ''Ecclesiastes, Otherwise Called the Preacher'' * Gervase Markham, translated from a lost original work by Genevieve Petau de Maulette, ''Devoreux'' * Thomas Middleton, ''The Wisodome of Solomon Para ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Nashe
Thomas Nashe (baptised November 1567 – c. 1601; also Nash) was an Elizabethan playwright, poet, satirist and a significant pamphleteer. He is known for his novel ''The Unfortunate Traveller'', his pamphlets including ''Pierce Penniless,'' and his numerous defences of the Church of England. Life Nashe was the son of the parson William Nashe and Janeth (née Witchingham). He was born and baptised in Lowestoft, on the coast of Suffolk, where his father, William Nashe, or Nayshe as it is recorded, was curate. Though his mother bore seven children, only two survived childhood: Israel (born in 1565) and Thomas.Nicholl, Charles. ''A Cup of News: The Life of Thomas Nashe''. Routledge & Kegan Paul. 1984. The family moved to West Harling, near Thetford, in 1573 after Nashe's father was awarded the living there at the church of All Saints. Around 1581 Thomas went up to St John's College, Cambridge, as a sizar, gaining his bachelor's degree in 1586. From references in his own polemics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward De Vere, 17th Earl Of Oxford
Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford (; 12 April 155024 June 1604) was an English peer and courtier of the Elizabethan era. Oxford was heir to the second oldest earldom in the kingdom, a court favourite for a time, a sought-after patron of the arts, and noted by his contemporaries as a lyric poet and court playwright, but his volatile temperament precluded him from attaining any courtly or governmental responsibility and contributed to the dissipation of his estate. Edward de Vere was the only son of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford, and Margery Golding. After the death of his father in 1562, he became a ward of Queen Elizabeth I and was sent to live in the household of her principal advisor, Sir William Cecil. He married Cecil's daughter, Anne, with whom he had five children.. Oxford was estranged from her for five years and refused to acknowledge he was the father of their first child. A champion jouster, Oxford travelled widely throughout France and the many s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Daniel
Samuel Daniel (1562–1619) was an English poet, playwright and historian in the late- Elizabethan and early- Jacobean eras. He was an innovator in a wide range of literary genres. His best-known works are the sonnet cycle ''Delia'', the epic poem ''The Civil Wars Between the Houses of Lancaster and York'', the dialogue in verse '' Musophilus'', and the essay on English poetry ''A Defense of Rhyme''. He was considered one of the preeminent authors of his time and his works had a significant influence on contemporary writers, including William Shakespeare. Daniel's writings continued to influence authors for centuries after his death, especially the Romantic poets Samuel Taylor Coleridge and William Wordsworth. C. S. Lewis called Daniel "the most interesting man of letters" whom the sixteenth century produced in England. Life and literary career Early life, education and relationship with John Florio Little is known about Samuel Daniel's early life. Biographer Thomas Fuller i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sidney
Philip, also Phillip, is a male given name, derived from the Greek language, Greek (''Philippos'', lit. "horse-loving" or "fond of horses"), from a compound of (''philos'', "dear", "loved", "loving") and (''hippos'', "horse"). Prominent Philips who popularized the name include List of kings of Macedonia, kings of Macedonia and one of the apostles of early Christianity. ''Philip'' has #Philip in other languages, many alternative spellings. One derivation often used as a surname is Phillips (surname), Phillips. It was also found during ancient Greek times with two Ps as Philippides (other), Philippides and Philippos. It has many diminutive (or even hypocorism, hypocoristic) forms including Phil, Philly (other)#People, Philly, Lip (other), Lip, Pip (other), Pip, Pep (other), Pep or Peps. There are also feminine forms such as Philippine de Rothschild, Philippine and Philippa. Antiquity Kings of Macedon * Philip I of Macedon * Philip II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Peele
George Peele (baptised 25 July 1556 – buried 9 November 1596) was an English translator, poet, and dramatist, who is most noted for his supposed but not universally accepted collaboration with William Shakespeare on the play ''Titus Andronicus''. Many anonymous Elizabethan plays have been attributed to him, but his reputation rests mainly on ''Edward I'', ''The Old Wives' Tale'', ''The Battle of Alcazar'', '' The Arraignment of Paris'', and ''David and Bethsabe''. '' The Troublesome Reign of John, King of England'', the immediate source for Shakespeare's '' King John'', has been published under his name. Life Peele was christened on 25 July 1556 at St James Garlickhythe in the City of London. His father, James Peele (died 30 December 1585), who appears to have belonged to a Devonshire family, was clerk of Christ's Hospital, a school which was then situated in central London, and wrote two treatises on bookkeeping, [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James VI Of Scotland
James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625. The kingdoms of Scotland and England were individual sovereign states, with their own parliaments, judiciaries, and laws, though both were ruled by James in personal union. James was the son of Mary, Queen of Scots, and a great-great-grandson of Henry VII, King of England and Lord of Ireland, and thus a potential successor to all three thrones. He succeeded to the Scottish throne at the age of thirteen months, after his mother was compelled to abdicate in his favour. Four different regents governed during his minority, which ended officially in 1578, though he did not gain full control of his government until 1583. In 1603, he succeeded Elizabeth I, the last Tudor monarch of England and Ireland, who died childless. He c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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