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1668 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * John Dryden becomes poet laureate of England on the death of Sir William Davenant. Dryden held the office until 1688 when, after James II of England was deposed, the poet refused to swear allegiance to the new monarchs and was replaced by Thomas Shadwell. Dryden was the only laureate not to die in office until Andrew Motion in 1999. Shadwell held the office until his death in 1692.) Works published * Sir John Denham, ''Poems and Translations: With The Sophy'', the first collected edition of Denham's poems * John Dryden, ''Defence of an Essay of Dramatic Poesy'', criticismMark Van Doren, ''John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry'', p 52, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960") * Richard Flecknoe, ''Sir William D'Avenant's Voyage to the Other World: with his Adventures in the Poets Elizium: A p ... [...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] |
Georg Stiernhielm
Georg Stiernhielm (August 7, 1598 – April 22, 1672) was a Swedish civil servant, mathematician, linguist and poet. Life Stiernhielm was born on the family estate Gammelgården in the village Svartskär in Vika parish in Dalarna where his father, Olof Markvardsson, of the noble mining family Stierna, was a miner and bailiff. The surname Stiernhielm, literally "Star Helmet", was taken in later life when he was raised into the Swedish nobility. He grew up in the Bergslagen region where his father worked with the mining industry. Stiernhielm received his first schooling at Västerås, but he was also educated in Germany and the Netherlands. In 1636 he obtained the Vasula manor near Tartu, Estonia and lived there until 1656, when he moved due to war with Russia back to Stockholm. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of London in December 1669. Works He was a pioneer of linguistics, and even if many of his conclusions later proved wrong they were accepted by his contemporarie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jakob Balde
Jakob Balde (January 4, 1604 – August 9, 1668), a German poet who wrote primarily in Neo-Latin (New Latin) rather than in his native German language, was born at Ensisheim in Alsace. Biography Driven from Alsace by the marauding bands of Count Mansfeld, he fled to Ingolstadt where he began to study law. A love disappointment, however, turned his thoughts to the church, and in 1624 he entered the Society of Jesus. Continuing his study of the humanities, he became in 1628 professor of rhetoric at Innsbruck, and in 1635 at Ingolstadt, whither he had been transferred by his superiors in order to study theology. In 1633 he was ordained a priest. His lectures and poems had now made him famous, and he was summoned to Munich where, in 1638, he became court chaplain to the elector Maximilian I. He remained in Munich till 1650, when he went to live at Landshut and afterwards at Amberg. In 1654 he was transferred to Neuburg on the Danube, as court preacher and confessor to the count pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1606 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works English * Samuel Daniel, ''The Queenes Arcadia: A pastoral tragecomedie'' * John Davies, ''Bien Venu: Greate Britaines welcome to hir greate friendes, and deere breathren, the Danes'' * Thomas Dekker, ''The Double PP: a Papist in Armes'', published anonymously * Michael Drayton's ''Poems Lyrick and Pastorall'', including "The Ballad of Agincourt" * John Ford, ''Fames Memoriall; or, The Earle of Devonshire Deceased'', on the death of Charles Blount * John Hind, ''Eliosto Libidinoso'', contains some verse * Philip Howard, Earl of Arundel, ''A Foure-Fould Meditation, of the Foure Last Things'', also has been ascribed to Robert Southwell ("RS"), but ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'' states Howard wrote it * King James Version of the Bible * Samuel Rowlands, ''A Terrible Battell Betweene the Two Consumers of the Whole Worl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1602 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works Great Britain * William Basse, ''Three Pastoral Elegies''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Francis Beaumont, ''Salamacis and Hermaphroditus'', published anonymously; a translation from Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'' * John Beaumont, * Nicholas Breton: ** ''The Mother's Blessing'' ** ''Olde Mad-Cappes New Gally-Mawfrey'' ** ** ''A True Description of Unthankfulnesse; or, An Enemie to Ingratitude'' * Thomas Campion's ''Observations in the Art of English Poesie'' (in response, Samuel Daniel published ''Defence of Ryme'' 1603); London: by Richard Field for Andrew Wise; criticism * John Davies, ''Mirum in Modum'' * Francis and Walter Davison, editors, ''A Poetical Rhapsody'' * Thomas Deloney, ''Strange Histories of Kings, Princes, Dukes, Earles, Lords, Ladies, Knights, and Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Owen Feltham
Owen Feltham (1602 – 23 February 1668) was an English writer, author of a book entitled ''Resolves, Divine, Moral, and Political'' (c. 1620), containing 146 short essays. It had great popularity in its day. Feltham was for a time in the household of the Earl of Thomond as chaplain or sec., and published (1652), '' Brief Character of the Low Countries''. His most cited essay is "How the Distempers of these Times should affect wise Men" which was selected for inclusion in John Gross' The Oxford Book of Essays, a compilation of over a hundred of the finest essays in the English language. ''Resolves, Divine, Moral and Political'' Feltham was still a teenager when he published his first edition of ''Resolves'' in 1623. This collection of essays played a crucial role in the development of the English essay as a genre. The original edition included 100 “resolves” that were considered to be “short, aphoristic commentaries on aspects of the three realms delineated by the title: div ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Poetry
This article concerns poetry in Spain. Medieval Spain The Medieval period covers 400 years of different poetry texts and can be broken up into five categories. Primitive lyrics Since the findings of the Kharjas, which are mainly two, three, or four verses, Spanish lyrics, which are written in Mozarabic dialect, are perhaps the oldest of Romance Europe. The Mozarabic dialect has Latin origins with a combination of Arabic and Hebrew fonts. The epic Many parts of '' Cantar de Mio Cid'', '' Cantar de Roncesvalles'', and ''Mocedades de Rodrigo'' are part of the epic. The exact portion of each of these works is disputed among scholars. The Minstrels, over the course of the 12th to the 14th centuries, were driving force of this movement. The Spanish epic likely emanated from France. There are also indications of Arabic and Visigoth. It is usually written in series of seven to eight syllables within rhyming verse. Mester de clerecía The cuaderna vía is the most distinctive ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1616 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 1 – King James I of England grants Ben Jonson an annual pension of 100 marks, making him ''de facto'' poet laureate. Works published Great Britain * William Browne, ''Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke'' (see also Book 1, 1613; both books published together 1625) * George Chapman, translator: ** ''The Divine Poem of Musaeus. First of all Books'', translated from Musaeus', ''De Herone et Leandro'' (Hero and Leander) ** ''The Whole Works of Homer'', publication year uncertain (see also ''Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer'' 1598, ''Homer Prince of Poets'' 1609, ''The Iliads of Homer'' 1611, ''Homers Odysses'' 1614, ''Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses'' 1615) * Ben Jonson: ** ''To Celia'' ** ''On my first Sonne'' ** ''The Workes of Beniamin Ionson'' ( the first folio collection, including ''Epigrams'' and ''The Forest'') * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Del Castillo Y Saavedra
Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra (10 July 1616 – 2 February 1668) was a Spanish Baroque painter, sculptor, and poet. Biography Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra was born at Córdoba, Spain. He trained in painting under his father Agustín del Castillo, and after his death by a little-known religious painter named Ignacio Aedo Calderón from 1631 to 1634. Later he was taught in Seville by Francisco de Zurbarán and by his uncle Juan del Castillo, who was also teacher of Cano, Murillo and De Moya. In 1635 he returned to Córdoba, where he painted frescoes Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaster ... and oil paintings (such as those in the church of Santa Marina). [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1723 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * July – A new edition of Bernard Mandeville's ''The Fable of the Bees'' is presented as a public nuisance by the Grand Jury of Middlesex, England, to the Court of King's Bench. Mandeville escapes prosecution. Works published in English English colonies in America * Samuel Keimer, ''Elegy on the Much Lamented Death of . .Aquila Rose'', a verse memorial memorable for having been set in type by Benjamin Franklin, then an employee of Keimer, a printer in PhiladelphiaBurt, Daniel S.''The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, , retrieved via Google Books * Francis Knapp, attributed, ''Gloria Britannorum; or, The British Worthies''Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxfo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarah Fyge Egerton
Sarah Fyge Egerton (1668–1723) was an English poet who wrote in the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. In her works ''The Female Advocate'' and ''Poems on Several Occasions'', Egerton wrote about gender, friendship, marriage, religion, education, politics, and other topics. She is chiefly known as the spirited teen who responded in defense of women to Robert Gould's misogynist satire. Life Sarah Fyge was born in London and baptized on 20 December 1668. She was the daughter of Thomas Fyge (d. 1705) and his first wife Rebecca Alcock (d. 1672). Alcock died when Egerton was three years old and she was raised by her father's second wife, Mary Beacham (d. 1704). Fyge, in addition to being an apothecary in London, was a descendant of the Figge family of Winslow, Buckinghamshire, from which he inherited a plot of land. As the daughter of a landowning apothecary, Egerton had the benefit of living in a relatively wealthy environment. Based on her family's wealth and r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1727 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Jonathan Swift revisits England this year and stays with his friend Alexander Pope until the visit is cut short when Swift gets word that Esther Johnson is dying. He rushes back. She survives until January 28, 1728. Works published * Anonymous, ''Several Copies of Verses on Occasion of Mr. Gulliver's Travels'', often attributed to Alexander Pope, but perhaps composed by Pope as well as John Gay and John ArbuthnotCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Henry Baker, ''The Universe, a Poem intended to restrain the Pride of Man'' * Elizabeth Boyd, writing under the pen name, "Louisa", ''Variety'' * Mather Byles, "A Poem on the Death of His Late Majesty King George, of Glorious Memory, and the Accession of Our Present Sovereign, King George II, to the British Throne",Ludwig, Richard ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
