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1631 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works France * Georges de Scudéry ''Œuvres poétiques'' ("Poetic Works"), * Jean-Louis Guez de Balzac: ** ''Aristippe'' ou ''De la cour'' ** ''Le Prince'', eulogy on King Louis XIII of France Great Britain * Charles Aleyn, ''The Battailes of Crescey, and Poctiers''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Richard Braithwait: ** ''The English Gentleman'' ** ''The English Gentlewoman'' * William L'Isle, ''The Faire Aethiopian'', published anonymously; verse translation of Heliodorus, ''Aethiopica'') * David Lloyd, ''The Legend of Captain Jones'', Part 1; published anonymously; attributed to Lloyd or, sometimes, to Martin Lluelyn (Part 2 in 1648) Other * Francisco de Quevedo, ''La aguja de navegar cultos con la receta para hacer Soledades en un día'', satire attacking poets who use g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1706 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May 23 – The Battle of Ramillies, a victory for the British and their allies under John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough, inspires several poets. Works published * Joseph Addison, ''The Campaign'', on the victory at Blenheim * Daniel Baker, ''The History of Job''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Sir Richard Blackmore, ''Advice to the Poets'', published anonymously * Stephen Clay, ''An Epistle from the Elector of Bavaria to the French King: After the Battel of Ramilles'', published anonymously; has been misattributed to Matthew Prior * William Congreve: ** ''A Pindarique Ode ... On the Victorious Progress of Her Magesties Arms, Under the Conduct of the Duke of Marlborough'' ** ''Discourse on the Pindarique Ode'', in which the author criticized Abraham Cowley's view ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Phillips (author)
John Phillips (1631–1706) was an English author, the brother of Edward Phillips, and a nephew of John Milton. Life Anne Phillips, mother of John and Edward, was the sister of John Milton, the poet. In 1652, John Phillips published a Latin reply to the anonymous attack on Milton entitled ''Pro Rege et populo anglicano''. He appears to have acted as unofficial secretary to Milton, but, unable to obtain regular political employment, and (like his brother) chafing against the discipline he was under, he published in 1655, a bitter attack on Puritanism titled a ''Satyr against Hypocrites'' (1655). In 1656, he was summoned before the privy council for his share in a book of licentious poems, ''Sportive Wit'', which was suppressed by the authorities, but almost immediately replaced by a similar collection, ''Wit and Drollery''. In ''Montelion'' (1660) he ridiculed the astrological almanacs of William Lilly. Two other skits of this name, in 1661 and 1662, also full of coarse royalist w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Poetry
American poetry refers to the poetry of the United States. It arose first as efforts by American colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the constitutional unification of the Thirteen Colonies (although a strong oral tradition often likened to poetry already existed among Native American societies). Unsurprisingly, most of the early colonists' work relied on contemporary English models of poetic form, diction, and Theme (literary), theme. However, in the 19th century, a distinctive American Common parlance, idiom began to emerge. By the later part of that century, when Walt Whitman was winning an enthusiastic audience abroad, List of poets from the United States, poets from the United States had begun to take their place at the forefront of the English-language ''avant-garde''. Much of the American poetry published between 1910 and 1945 remains lost in the pages of small circulation political periodicals, particularly the ones on the far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1705 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *George Hickes' ''Linguarum veterum septentrionalium thesaurus grammatico-criticus et archæologicus'' vol. 2 (published in Oxford) includes the first published reference to ''Beowulf'' and the only surviving transcript of the Finnesburg Fragment. *William Somervile inherits his father's estate, where his participation in field sports will furnish the material for much of his poetry. * William Walsh begins his correspondence with Alexander Pope. Works published * Daniel Defoe: ** ''The Double Welcome: A poem to the Duke of Marlbro''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''The Dyet of Poland'', published anonymously; a verse history of "Poland" (in fact, Britain) during Queen Anne's first parliament * John Dennis, ''The Grounds of Criticism in Poetry''* [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Wigglesworth
Michael Wigglesworth (1631–1705) was a Puritan minister, physician, and poet whose poem ''The Day of Doom'' was a bestseller in early New England. Family Michael Wigglesworth was born October 18, 1631 in Yorkshire, England. His father was Edward Wigglesworth, born 1603 in Scotton, Lincolnshire, and his mother was Ester Middlebrook of Wrawby (born in Batley), who married on October 27, 1629 in Wrawby. The family moved to New England in 1638. They originally lived in Charlestown, Massachusetts, then soon moved to New Haven, Connecticut. When Wigglesworth was ten years old his father became bed-ridden, forcing him to leave school to help maintain the family farm. He graduated from Harvard in 1651 and taught there as a tutor until 1654, sometimes preaching in Charlestown and Malden, Massachusetts. He became a minister at the First Parish in Malden in 1654 but was not actually ordained until 1656.Trent, William P. and Wells, Benjamin W., ''Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Begin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Restoration
The Restoration of the Stuart monarchy in the kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland took place in 1660 when King Charles II returned from exile in continental Europe. The preceding period of the Protectorate and the civil wars came to be known as the Interregnum (1649–1660). The term ''Restoration'' is also used to describe the period of several years after, in which a new political settlement was established. It is very often used to cover the whole reign of King Charles II (1660–1685) and often the brief reign of his younger brother King James II (1685–1688). In certain contexts it may be used to cover the whole period of the later Stuart monarchs as far as the death of Queen Anne and the accession of the Hanoverian King George I in 1714. For example, Restoration comedy typically encompasses works written as late as 1710. The Protectorate After Richard Cromwell, Lord Protector from 1658 to 1659, ceded power to the Rump Parliament, Charles Fleetwood and J ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Wales to its west and Scotland to its north. The Irish Sea lies northwest and the Celtic Sea to the southwest. It is separated from continental Europe by the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south. The country covers five-eighths of the island of Great Britain, which lies in the North Atlantic, and includes over 100 smaller islands, such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight. The area now called England was first inhabited by modern humans during the Upper Paleolithic period, but takes its name from the Angles, a Germanic tribe deriving its name from the Anglia peninsula, who settled during the 5th and 6th centuries. England became a unified state in the 10th century and has had a significant cultural and legal impact on the wider world since the Age of Discovery, which began during the 15th century. The English language, the Anglican Church, and Engli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1700 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Sir Richard Blackmore — ''A Satyr Against Wit'', published anonymously; an attack on the "Wits", including John Dryden * Samuel Cobb — ''Poetae Britannici'' his most famous poem, a survey of previous English poetry in a light style, clear diction, and imagery that later critics like John Nichols considered "sublime" * Daniel Defoe — ''The Pacificator'', published anonymously, verse satire in the literary war between the "Men of Sense" and the "Men of Wit" * John Dryden — ''Fables, Ancient and Modern'', the poet's final anthology * William King — ''The Transactioneer With Some of his Philosophical Fancies'', published anonymously, a satire on Sir Hans Sloane, editor of the ''Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society'' * John Pomfret — ''Reason'' * Nahum Tate — ''Panacea, a poem upon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Dryden
'' John Dryden (; – ) was an English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who in 1668 was appointed England's first Poet Laureate. He is seen as dominating the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden. Romanticist writer Sir Walter Scott called him "Glorious John". Early life Dryden was born in the village rectory of Aldwincle near Thrapston in Northamptonshire, where his maternal grandfather was the rector of All Saints. He was the eldest of fourteen children born to Erasmus Dryden and wife Mary Pickering, paternal grandson of Sir Erasmus Dryden, 1st Barone t (1553–1632), and wife Frances Wilkes, Puritan landowning gentry who supported the Puritan cause and Parliament. He was a second cousin once removed of Jonathan Swift. As a boy, Dryden lived in the nearby village of Titchmarsh, where it is likely that he received his first education. In 1644 he was sent to Westminst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Welsh Poetry
Welsh poetry refers to poetry of the Welsh people or nation. This includes poetry written in Welsh, poetry written in English by Welsh or Wales based poets, poetry written in Wales in other languages or poetry by Welsh poets around the world. History Wales has one of the earliest literary traditions in Northern Europe, stretching back to the days of Aneirin ( fl. 550) and Taliesin (second half of the 6th century), and the haunting ''Stafell Cynddylan'', which is the oldest recorded literary work by a woman in northern Europe. The 9th century ''Canu Llywarch Hen'' and ''Canu Heledd'' are both associated with the earlier prince Llywarch Hen. Welsh poetry is connected directly to the bardic tradition, and is historically divided into four periods.Loesch, K. T. (1983). Welsh bardic poetry and performance in the middle ages. In D. W. Thompson (Ed.), ''Performance of Literature in Historical Perspectives'' (177–190). Lanham, MD: University Press of America. The first period, befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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