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1684 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * April 15 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, a French poet, critic and scholar, is admitted to the Académie française only by the king's wish * Japanese poet Ihara Saikaku composes 23,500 verses in 24 hours at the Sumiyoshi-taisha (shrine) at Osaka; the scribes cannot keep pace with his dictation and just ''count'' the verses Works published * Alaol, ''Padmavati'', in Bengali * Aphra Behn, ''Poems Upon Several Occasions''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Samuel Butler, ''Hudibras. In Three Parts'', published anonymously (See also ''Hudibras, the First Part'' 1663, ''Hudibras. The Second Part'' 1664, ''Hudibras. The First and Second Parts'' 1674, ''Hudibras. The Third and Last Part'' 1678) * Thomas Creech: ** Translator, ''The Idylliums of Theocritus, with Rapin's Discour ... [...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] |
1678 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Anne Bradstreet, ''Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning'', a reprint of ''The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America'', published in Boston, Massachusetts (original volume published in London in 1650) with significant additions, including "Contemplations", said to be her best poem; original, full title: "The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America, or Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight, Wherein especially is Contained a Complete Discourse and Description of the Four Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, Seasons of the Year, together with an exact Epitome of the Four Monarchies, viz., The Assyrian, Persian, Grecian, Roman, Also a Dialogue between Old England and New, concerning the late troubles. With divers other pleasand and serious Poems, By a Gentlewoman in those ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1704 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). -- From William Shippen's, ''Faction Display'd'', the work of a Tory poet on the powerful Whig publisher Jacob Tonson (''Bibliopolo'', or "book-seller") whose series of anthologies, known as ''Dryden's Miscellanies'' or ''Tonson's Miscellanies'' used the work of poets paid at low rates to create profitable income for Tonson and, sometimes, recognition and fame for the poets. Shippen incorporated three lines (in italics) written about Tonson by John Dryden, one of the most prominent of Tonson's low-paid poets. Mack, Maynard, ''Alexander Pope: A Life'', Chapter 6, p 123, 1985 (but copyright 1986), first New York edition (also published simultaneously in London): W. W. Norton & Company "in association with Yale University Press / New Haven - London" ; Mack cites ''Poems on Affairs of State: Augustan Satirical Verse, 1660-1774'', ed., G. DeF. Lord ''et al.'', Ya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1694 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Matsuo Bashō completes the writing of ''Oku no Hosomichi'' ("Narrow road to the interior"). Works * Joseph Addison, ''An Account of the Greatest English Poets''Mark Van Doren, ''John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry'', p. 246, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press, second edition, 1946 ("First Midland Book edition 1960") * Edmund Arwaker, ''An Epistle to Monsieur Boileau, inviting his Muse to forsake the French interest and celebrate the King of England'', verse addressed to Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, reflecting the high esteem the French poet had in England at a time when the French government was considered a dangerous enemyCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Sir Thomas Pope Blount, ''De Re Poetica; or, Remarks upon Poetry, with Characters and Censures of the most ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1693 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * John Locke writes his essay ''Some Thoughts Concerning Education'' which discusses how poetry and music should not be included as part of an educational curriculum Works Britain * Richard Ames, ''Fatal Friendship; or, The Drunkards Misery''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * John Dryden and Jacob Tonson, editors, ''Examen Poeticum: Being the Third Part of Miscellany Poems'', one of six anthologies published by Tonson from 1684 to 1709; sometimes this is referred to as "Tonson's third ''Miscellany'', sometimes as "Dryden's third ''Miscellany'', or just "the third ''Miscellany''; the volume includes: ** Dryden's translation of the first book of Ovid's ''Metamorphoses''Mark Van Doren, ''John Dryden: A Study of His Poetry'', p. 96, Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1685 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Colonial America * Cotton Mather, ''An Elegy'' ..''on Nathanael Collins'', English Colonial America (Massachusetts)Ludwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press Germany * Emilie Juliane of Schwarzburg-Rudolstadt, German: ** ''Kuhlwasser in grosser Hitze des Creutzes'', hymns; published in Rudolstadt ** ''Tägliches Morgen- Mittags- und Abendopfer'', hymns; published in Rudolstadt Great Britain * Henry Bold, translator, ''Latine Songs, with their English: and Poems'', includes "Chevy Chase", a ballad, and Sir John Suckling's poem "Why so pale and wan fond lover?" * John Cutts, (later Baron Cutts), ''La Muse de Cavalier; or, An Apology for such gentleman as make poetry their diversion, not their business in a letter by a scholar of Mars ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacob Tonson
Jacob Tonson, sometimes referred to as Jacob Tonson the Elder (1655–1736), was an eighteenth-century English bookseller and publisher. Tonson published editions of John Dryden and John Milton, and is best known for having obtained a copyright on the plays of William Shakespeare by buying up the rights of the heirs of the publisher of the Fourth Folio after the Statute of Anne went into effect. He was also the founder of the famous Kit-Cat Club. His nephew, Jacob Tonson the Younger (1682–1735), was his business partner. The business was continued by the younger Tonson's son, Jacob Tonson (1714–1767). History Scholars have not always been sure of Tonson's birthdate, and it has in the past been listed as occurring in 1655 or 1656. But the register of christenings in the parish of St Andrew Holborn demonstrates that Tonson was born on 12 November 1655 and baptized 18 November 1655. The register lists Tonson as the "sonne of Jacob Tonson Shoemaker and of Elizabeth his wife neare ... [...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] |
Wentworth Dillon
Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon (1637–1685), was an Anglo-Irish landlord, Irish peer, and poet. Birth and origins Wentworth was born in October 1637 in Dublin, probably in St George's Lane. He was the only son of James Dillon, 3rd Earl of Roscommon, and Elizabeth Wentworth. His father was the 3nd Earl of Roscommon. He had conformed to the established church. Wentworth's mother was English, a sister of Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford, who was therefore his uncle. Strafford was viceroy at the time of Wentworth's birth. Early life As a young child he was educated by a tutor at Wentworth Woodhouse, his uncle Thomas's family seat in South Yorkshire. Later he was sent to Caen in Normandy, where a Calvinist academy or university existed at that time and where Wentworth is supposed to have been taught by Samuel Bochart. His father died accidentally in Limerick in 1649: according to family tradition Wentworth, who was at Caen at the time, exclaimed "My father is dea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1747 In Poetry
::— Thomas Gray, ''Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College'' (full text here) Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February – Horace Walpole's tabby cat Selima drowns in a Chinese porcelain vase while pursuing goldfish in his London home; he commissions an epitaph from Thomas Gray, who sends him " Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" on March 1. Works published * Sir William Blackstone, ''The Panthion'', published anonymously, attribution uncertain * William Dunkin, ''Boeotia'' * Philip Francis, ''A Poetical Translation of the Works of Horace'', parallel Latin and English texts; first collected edition (originally published in separate parts: ''The Odes, Epodes and Carmen Seculare of Horace'' 1743) * Thomas Gray, ''Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College'' (text), published anonymously (see quotation, above) * Charlotte Lennox, ''Poems on S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1743 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 * Robert Blair, ''The Grave'' a work representative of the Graveyard poets movement * Samuel Boyse, ''Albion's Triumph'' * James Bramston, ''The Crooked Six-pence'', published anonymously, attributed to Bramston by Isaac Reed in his ''Repository'' 1777; a parody of John Philips' ''The Splendid Shilling'' 1705, and that poem's text is included in this publication * William Collins, ''Verses Humbly Address'd to Sir Thomas Hammer on his Edition of Shakespear's Works'', published anonymously "By a Gentleman of Oxford" * Thomas Cooke, ''An Epistle to the Countess of Shaftesbury'' * Philip Doddridge, ''The Principles of the Christian Religion'' * Robert Dodsley, ''Pain and Patience'' * Philip Francis, translator, ''The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace'', very popular translation, published this year in London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Francis (translator)
Philip Francis (19 July 1708 – 5 March 1773) was an Anglo-Irish clergyman and writer, now remembered as a translator of Horace. Life He was son of Dr. John Francis, rector of St. Mary's, Dublin (from which living he was for a time ejected for political reasons), and dean of Lismore, and was born in 1708. He was sent to Trinity College, Dublin, taking the degree of B.A. in 1728, and was ordained, according to his father's wish, in the Church of Ireland. He held for some time the curacy of St. Peter's parish, Dublin, and while resident in that city published his translation of Horace, besides writing in the interests of ‘the Castle.’ Soon after the death of his wife, Elizabeth Rowe, whom he married in 1739, he crossed to England, and in 1744 obtained the rectory of Skeyton in Norfolk. He shortly was residing for the sake of literature and society in London. In January 1752, when Edward Gibbon became an inmate of his house, Francis was keeping or supposed to be keeping a sch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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