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1680 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * The Irish poem-book ''Leabhar Cloinne Aodha Buidhe'' is transcribed by Ruairí Ó hUiginn of Sligo at the command of Cormac Ó Neill. * Possible approximate date of composition of the Thai poem ''Kamsuan Samut'', attributed to Si Prat. Works published * Wentworth Dillon, translator, ''Horace's Art of Poetry'', translation from the Latin of Horace's '' Ars Poetica'', including an essay by Edmund WallerCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * John Dryden and others, translators, ''Ovid's Epistles'' * Thomas Otway, ''The Poet's Complaint of his Muse; or, A Satyr Against '' * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, ''Poems on Several Occasions By the Right Honourable The E. of R—'', published in London, although the book states it was published in "Antwerpen"Web page title"John Wilmot, Earl ...
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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 ...
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Barthold Heinrich Brockes
Barthold Heinrich Brockes (September 22, 1680 – January 16, 1747) was a German poet. He was born in Hamburg and educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneums. He studied jurisprudence at Halle, and after extensive travels in Italy, France and the Netherlands, settled in Hamburg in 1704. In 1720 he was appointed a member of the Hamburg senate, and entrusted with several important offices. Six years (from 1735 to 1741) he spent as ''Amtmann'' (bailiff) at Ritzebüttel. He died in Hamburg. Brockes' poetic works were published in a series of nine volumes under the fantastic title ''Irdisches Vergnügen in Gott'' (1721–1748); he also translated Giambattista Marino's ''La Strage degli innocenti'' (1715), Alexander Pope's ''Essay on Man'' (1740) and James Thomson's '' The Seasons'' (1745). His poetry has small intrinsic value, but it is symptomatic of the change which came over German literature at the beginning of the 18th century. His libretto ''Der für die Sünden der Welt g ...
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Humanism
Humanism is a philosophical stance that emphasizes the individual and social potential and agency of human beings. It considers human beings the starting point for serious moral and philosophical inquiry. The meaning of the term "humanism" has changed according to the successive intellectual movements that have identified with it. During the Italian Renaissance, ancient works inspired scholars in various Italian cities, giving rise to a movement now called Renaissance humanism. With Enlightenment, humanistic values were re-enforced by the advances in science and technology, giving confidence to humans in their exploration of the world. By the early 20th century, organizations solely dedicated to humanism flourished in Europe and the United States, and have since expanded all over the globe. In the current day, the term generally refers to a focus on human well-being and advocates for human freedom, autonomy, and progress. It views humanity as responsible for the promotio ...
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Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism. It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",Martin Lings, ''What is Sufism?'' (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15 "the mystical expression of Islamic faith", "the inward dimension of Islam", "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam", the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam, and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice". Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from , ), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as (pl. ) – congregations formed around a grand who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muha ...
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Punjabi Poetry
Punjabi literature, specifically literary works written in the Punjabi language, is characteristic of the historical Punjab region of India and Pakistan and the Punjabi diaspora. The Punjabi language is written in several scripts, of which the Shahmukhi and Gurmukhī scripts are the most commonly used in Pakistan and India, respectively. History Early history Hindu Nath Yogis were the first poets to use Punjabi language in praise of God. They referred to God with various names such as "Alakh Nirajan" which are still prevalent in Punjabi vernacular. Medieval The Punjabi literary tradition is popularly seen to commence with Fariduddin Ganjshakar (1173–1266). whose Sufi poetry was compiled after his death in the ''Adi Granth''. Early modern period The ''Janamsakhis'', stories on the life and legend of Guru Nanak (1469–1539), are early examples of Punjabi prose literature. Guru Nanak himself composed Punjabi verse incorporating vocabulary from Sanskrit, Arabic, Persian, ...
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1757 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * May 6 – Asylum confinement of Christopher Smart: English poet Christopher Smart is confined to St Luke's Hospital for Lunatics in London. (He may have been confined in a private madhouse before this.) This follows incidents in which he prayed loudly in public places, soliciting others to join him. Samuel Johnson visits him and considers he should be at large, saying, "I'd as lief pray with Kit Smart as anyone else." Smart is released from asylum in January 1763. While confined at St Luke's, he conceives of and writes ''A Song to David'', published in 1763, and ''Jubilate Agno'', not published until 1939 * December 11 – Death of Colley Cibber. His office as Poet Laureate of Great Britain is declined by Thomas Gray and passes to William Whitehead. * Thomas Warton appointed Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford Works published Eng ...
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Bulleh Shah
Syed Abdullah Shah Qadri ( pa, ; ; 1680–1757), known popularly as Bulleh Shah ( pa, ; ) and Bulleya, was a Punjabi philosopher and Sufi poet during 17th-century Punjab. His ancestors had migrated from Bukhara (modern-day Uzbekistan) some three hundred years earlier. His first spiritual teacher was Shah Inayat Qadiri, a Sufi murshid of Lahore. He was a mystic poet and is universally regarded as "The Father of Punjabi Enlightenment". He lived and was buried in Kasur. Biography He was born in 1680 in Uch, Multan province, Mughal Empire (present day Punjab, Pakistan). Bulleh Shah was an eminent scholar of Arabic and Persian. After his early education, he went to Lahore where he met Inayat Qadri, and became his disciple. Bulleh Shah's father, Shah Muhammad Darwaish, was well-versed in Arabic, Persian, and the Quran. Due to uncertain reasons, he had to move to Malakwal, a village of Sahiwal. Later, when Bulleh Shah was six years old, his family moved to Pandoke, which ...
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Religious
Religion is usually defined as a social system, social-cultural system of designated religious behaviour, behaviors and practices, morality, morals, beliefs, worldviews, religious text, texts, sacred site, sanctified places, prophecy, prophecies, ethics in religion, ethics, or religious organization, organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, transcendence (religion), transcendental, and spirituality, spiritual elements; however, there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion. Different religions may or may not contain various elements ranging from the Divinity, divine, Sacred, sacred things, faith,Tillich, P. (1957) ''Dynamics of faith''. Harper Perennial; (p. 1). a supernatural being or supernatural beings or "some sort of ultimacy and transcendence that will provide norms and power for the rest of life". Religious practices may include rituals, sermons, commemoration or veneration (of deities or saints), sacrifices, festivals, ...
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Berber People
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Moroccan Poetry
Moroccan literature is the literature produced by people who lived in or were culturally connected to Morocco and the historical states that have existed partially or entirely within the geographical area that is now Morocco. Apart from the various forms of oral literature, the written literature of Morocco encompasses various genres, including poetry, prose, theater, and nonfiction like religious literature. Moroccan literature was and is mainly written in Arabic, however it was also written at a lesser extent in Berber languages, Hebrew, French, and Spanish. Through translations into English and other languages, Moroccan literature originally written in Arabic or one of the other native languages has become accessible to readers worldwide. Most of what is known as Moroccan literature was created since the arrival of Islam in the 8th century, before which native Berber communities primarily had oral literary traditions. Classical antiquity Morocco has been associated with ...
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1748 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published United Kingdom * Mark Akenside, ''An Ode to the Earl of Huntingdon'' * Robert Dodsley, editor, first three volumes of ''A Collection of Poems'' (1748–58), Volume 2 includes Thomas Gray's "Ode n the Spring, " Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" and "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (first published separately 1747) * William Kenrick, ''The Town'' * Mary Leapor, ''Poems upon Several Occasions'' (1748–51), posthumous * Ambrose Philips, ''Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and Other Original Poems'' * Thomas Sheridan, ''The Simile; or, Woman: a Cloud'', published posthumously * James Thomson, '' The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical Poem. Written in Imitation of Spenser.'', a mock-Spenserian poem; published by Andrew Millar (see also "Deaths", below) * Thomas Warton, the elder, ''Poems on Several ...
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Mohammed Awzal
Muhammad bin Ali al-Hawzali (, ; 1680–1749) is the most important author in the literary tradition of the Tachelhit language. He was born around 1680 in the village of al-Qaṣaba (Elqeṣba) in tribal territory of the Induzal, in the region of Sous in Morocco and died in 1749. His full name in Arabic is ''Muḥammad ibn ʿAlī ibn Ibrāhīm al-Akbīlī al-Hawzālī'' (or ''al-Indūzālī'') ''al-Sūsī''. He is the author of several works in Shilha and Arabic which are preserved in manuscripts. Life and works There are few hard facts about al-Hawzali's life. He may have killed somebody from his tribe when he was young and this may have been the reason for him to seek refuge in Tamegroute, a village known for an ancient sanctuary, where he started his religious studies. It was probably towards the end of his studies that he wrote in Arabic, as an essay, his first work, ''Mahamiz al-Ghaflan''. After some time he came back to his place of origin, putting himself at the disposal ...
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