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1679 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *December 18 – Rose Alley ambuscade: English poet John Dryden is set upon by three assailants in London, thought to have been instigated by the Earl of Rochester in retaliation for an attack on "want of wit" in his poetry in ''The Essay on Satire'' (nominally by Dryden's patron, the poet John Sheffield, Earl of Musgrave, but probably with input from Dryden). Works published * Abraham Cowley, ''A Poem on the late Civil War''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * "Ephelia", a pen name, possibly Joan Philips, ''Female Poems on Several Occasions'', published in an expanded edition in 1682 with new material — possibly all the new material — by other poets, including John Wilmot, earl of Rochester * Benjamin Keach, ''Garnets Ghost'' * John Oldham: ** ''Garnets Ghost' ... [...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] |
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] |
1609 In Poetry
''— Last lines from William Shakespeare's ''Sonnet 18'', published this year and, four centuries later, still "eternal lines"'' Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events *May 20 – London publisher Thomas Thorpe issues ''Shakespeare's Sonnets, Shake-speares Sonnets'', with a dedication to "Mr. W.H.", and the poem ''A Lover's Complaint'' appended; it is uncertain whether this publication has William Shakespeare, Shakespeare's authority. *October 12 – A version of the rhyme "Three Blind Mice" is published in ''Deuteromelia or The Seconde part of Musicks melodie'' (London). The editor, and possible author of the verse, is the teenage Thomas Ravenscroft. Works in English * Robert Armin: ** ''The Italian Taylor, and his Boy'' ** ''The History of the Two Maids of More-clacke'' * George Chapman, ''Homer Prince of Poets'', translation of Homer's ''Iliad' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Wild (poet)
Robert Wild (Wylde) (1615–1679) was an English clergyman and poet, ejected from his living in 1662. Despite presbyterian views, Wild was a royalist in politics. John Dryden called him 'the Wither of the city.' He wrote extensively, often anonymously and controversially.Dictionary of National Biography (1885-1900) Life Wild was the son of Robert Wild, a shoemaker of St. Ives, Huntingdonshire. After a private school education at St. Ives, he was admitted as a sizar to St. John's College, Cambridge, on 26 January 1632, and was made a scholar in 1634. He graduated as a B.A. at the beginning of 1636, an M.A. in 1639, and B.D. of Oxford on 1 November 1642. He was made a D.D. ''per litteras regias'' on 9 November 1660. As a young man, Wild held strong Puritan views, and was inducted into the living of Aynhoe, Northamptonshire, on 22 July 1646 by order of the House of Commons. Wild's reputation for irregular wit gave his friend Richard Baxter so much uneasiness that he visited Aynhoe, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1636 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Richard Brathwaite, ''The Fatall Nuptiall; or, Mournefull Marriage'', anonymously published * John Saltmarsh, ''Poemata sacra'' * Wye Saltonstall, ''Ovids Heroicall Epistles'', translated from the Latin of Ovid's ' * Longinus, ''On the Sublime'', an edition (not in English) by Gerard Langbaine at Oxford; a widely known edition; Ancient Greek criticism; twice reprinted before 1551 (see John Hall's translation, the first into English, 1652; and Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux's influential translation into French in 1674) Births Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article: * January 1 – Jacques Cassagne (died 1679), French clergyman, poet and moralist * April 7 – Gregório de Matos, (died 1696), Brazilian Baroque poet * November 1 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (died 1711), French poet and critic * Also: * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Cassagne
Jacques Cassagne or Jacques de Cassaigne (1 January 1636, Nîmes – 19 May 1679, Paris) was a French clergyman, poet, and moralist. Biography A doctor of theology, he was 'garde' of the king's library and entered the Académie française aged 29. In 1663, he was one of the four founder members of the "Petite Académie", which later gave birth to the Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres. In 1665, he edited the preface to the complete works of Guez de Balzac edited by Conrart. In 1674, he published a ''Traité de morale sur la valeur'' (''Moral treatise on valour''). He translated the ''Rhetorica'' (then thought to be by Cicero) and Sallust's ''Histories'' from Latin into French - Chapelain stated that Cassagne wrote "n amore natural than acquired tyle especially in the field of human lettersCited on thAcadémie française". Also a renowned preacher, he was cruelly mocked by Boileau in the latter's third ''Satire'', referring to people squashed in to listen to the "serm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Poetry
Dutch language literature () comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch-language literature is the product of the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and of formerly Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa, and Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia was called under Dutch colonization, spawned a separate subsection in Dutch-language literature. Conversely, Dutch-language literature sometimes was and is produced by people originally from abroad who came to live in Dutch-speaking regions, such as Anne Frank and Kader Abdolah. In its earliest stages, Dutch-language literature is defined as those pieces of literary merit written in one of the Dutch dialects of the Low Countries. Before the 17th century, there was no unified standard language; the dialects that are considered Dutch evolved from Old Frankish. A separate A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1587 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Jean-Antoine de Baif awarded the Golden Apollo by the Jeux Floraux de Toulouse, in France * French King Henri of Navarre sends Guillaume Du Bartas on a diplomatic mission to Scotland and England.Weinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Guillaume Du Bartas" p 169 Works published Great Britain * Thomas Churchyard, ''The Worthiness of Wales'', mostly verseCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Angel Day, ''Daphnis and Chloe'', prose and poetry; a translation from the French of Jacques Amyot * George Gascoigne, , posthumously published (see also 1573, 1575) * George Turberville, , translations from Mam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joost Van Den Vondel
Joost van den Vondel (; 17 November 1587 – 5 February 1679) was a Dutch poet, writer and playwright. He is considered the most prominent Dutch poet and playwright of the 17th century. His plays are the ones from that period that are still most frequently performed, and his epic ''Joannes de Boetgezant'' (1662), on the life of John the Baptist, has been called the greatest Dutch epic. Vondel's theatrical works were regularly performed until the 1960s. The most visible was the annual performance, on New Year's Day from 1637 to 1968, of '' Gijsbrecht van Aemstel''. Vondel remained productive until a very old age. Several of his most notable plays like ' and ' were written after 1650, when he was already 65, and his final play ', written at the age of eighty, is considered one of his finest. Early life Vondel was born on 17 November 1587 on the Große Witschgasse in Cologne, Holy Roman Empire. His parents, Joost van den Vondel the Elder and Sara (née Kranen), were Mennonites of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1731 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 1 – ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' is started and edited by Edward Cave ("Sylvanus Urban") in London. Published monthly through September, it will continue into the 20th century. * October 23 – Fire at Ashburnham House in London damages the nationally-owned Cotton library, housed here at this time. The original manuscript of the Old English ''The Battle of Maldon'' is destroyed; the unique manuscript of ''Beowulf'' is damaged but saved. Works published Colonial America * Ebenezer Cooke, attributed, ''The Maryland Muse'', a collection, including "The History of Colonel Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion"Burt, 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. * Richard Lewis, ''Food for Criticks'', criticizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Aubin
Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – 1738?) was an English novelist, poet, and translator. She published seven novels between 1721 and 1728. Aubin published poetry in 1707 and turned to novels in 1721; she translated French works in the 1720s, spoke publicly on moral and political issues at her Lady's Oratory in 1729, and wrote a play in 1730. Aubin died in April 1738, survived by her husband until his death in April 1740. After the author's death, her works were gathered and published as ''A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels, Designed to Promote the Cause of Virtue and Honor''. Aubin's works have a long history after her death, being both plagiarised and published transatlantically. She is one of a number of eighteenth-century women writers whose works and biography is being more rigorously explored by modern scholars. Early life Penelope Aubin née Charleton's exact birth date remains unknown; she was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Richard Temple of Stowe and most likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scriblerus Club
The Scriblerus Club was an informal association of authors, based in London, that came together in the early 18th century. They were prominent figures in the Augustan Age of English letters. The nucleus of the club included the satirists Jonathan Swift and Alexander Pope. Other members were John Gay, John Arbuthnot, Henry St. John and Thomas Parnell. The group was founded in 1714 and lasted until the death of the founders, finally ending in 1745. Pope and Swift are the two members whose reputations and work have the most long-lasting influence. Working collaboratively, the group created the persona of Martinus Scriblerus, through whose writings they accomplished their satirical aims. Very little of this material, however, was published until the 1740s. Robert Harley, 1st Earl of Oxford and Mortimer occasionally joined the club for meetings, though he is not known to have contributed to their literary output. He, along with Henry St John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, contributed to t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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