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1687 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * William Winstanley publishes the ''Lives of the most famous English poets'' from which biographical data on a number of poets can be obtained Works published Great Britain * John Cutts, (later Baron Cutts), ''Poetical Exercises written on several occasions'', published anonymously * John Dryden: ** ''The Hind and the Panther'', published anonymously (see also the work by Matthew Prior and Charles Montagu, below) ** ''A Song for St. Cecilia's Day'' * Thomas D'Urfey, ''A Compleat Collection of Mr D'Urfey's Songs and Odes'' * John Norris, ''A Collection of Miscellanies'', prose and poetry * Matthew Prior and Charles Montagu, ''The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse'', published anonymously, a burlesque of John Dryden's ''The Hind and the Panther'' (see above) * Thomas Shadwell, translator, ''The Tenth ... [...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] |
1765 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * October 10 – Samuel Johnson's edition of '' The Plays of William Shakespeare'' is published in London after ten years in the making. * ''Approximate year'' – Beginning of the ''Sturm und Drang'' movement in German literature. Works published United Kingdom * James Beattie: ** ''The Judgment of Paris'' ** ''Verses Occasioned by the Death of Charles Churchill'' (died November 1764; see also Percival Stockdale's work, below) * Benjamin Church, "The Times", English, Colonial America * William Collins, ''The Poetical Works of William Collins'', the author's first collected edition * Oliver Goldsmith, '' The Traveller'' * Edward Jerningham, ''An Elegy Written Among the Ruins of an Abbey'' * James Macpherson, ''The Works of Ossian'', contains Macpherson's purported translations (actually much edited, loosely translated fragments of Gaeli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1630 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Great Britain * William Davenant, ''Ieffereidos'' * John Donne, ''A Help to Memory and Discourse'', including ''The Broken Heart'' and part of "Song" ("Go and catch a falling star ...")Donne, John''The Complete English Poems'' Introduction and notes by A. J. Smith, "Table of Dates", p 24, Penguin Books, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010 * Michael Drayton, ''The Muses Elizium''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Thomas May, ''A Continuation of Lucan's Historicall Poem Till the Death of Julius Caesar'' (see also ''Lucan's Pharsalia'' 1626, 1627) * Diana Primrose, ' * Francis Quarles, ''Divine Poems'' * Thomas Randolph, ''Aristippus; or, The Joviall Philosopher'', published anonymously * Nathanael Richards, ''The Celestiall Publican'' * Alexander ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Cotton
Charles Cotton (28 April 1630 – 16 February 1687) was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to ''The Compleat Angler'', and for the influential ''The Compleat Gamester'' attributed to him. Early life He was born in Alstonefield, Staffordshire, at Beresford Hall, near the Derbyshire Peak District. His father, Charles Cotton the Elder, was a friend of Ben Jonson, John Selden, Sir Henry Wotton and Izaak Walton. The son was apparently not sent to university, but was tutored by Ralph Rawson, one of the fellows ejected from Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1648. Cotton travelled in France and perhaps in Italy, and at the age of twenty-eight he succeeded to an estate greatly encumbered by lawsuits during his father's lifetime. Like many Royalist gentlemen after the English Civil War the rest of his life was spent chiefly in quiet country pursuits, in Cotton's case in the Peak District and North Staf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1628 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Great Britain * John Clavell, ''A Recantation of an Ill Led Life; or, A Discoverie of the High-way Law''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Phineas Fletcher, 'Brittain's Ida'', published anonymously; has been attributed to Edmund Spenser and Giles Fletcher the younger * Robert Gomersall, ''The Levites Revenge'' * Robert Hayman, ''Qvodlibets'' ("What you will"), the first book of English poetry written in what would become Canada, written by the Proprietary Governor of Bristol's Hope colony in Newfoundland * Thomas May, translator, ''Virgil's Georgicks Englished'' * Henry Reynolds, ''Torquato Tasso's Aminta Englisht'' * George Wither, ''Britain's Remembrancer: Containing a narration of the plague lately past'' (see also ''Haleluiah'' 1641) Other * Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Villiers, 2nd Duke Of Buckingham
George Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 20th Baron de Ros, (30 January 1628 – 16 April 1687) was an English statesman and poet. Life Early life George was the son of George Villiers, 1st Duke of Buckingham, favourite of James I and Charles I, and his wife Katherine Manners. He was only seven months old when his father was assassinated at Portsmouth by the disaffected officer John Felton. Subsequently, he was brought up in the royal household of Charles I, together with his younger brother Francis and the King's own children, the future Charles II and James II. He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he obtained the degree of Master of Arts in 1642. For a time he was taught geometry by Thomas Hobbes. During this time he was also acquainted with George Aglionby, whose influence he later accredited with persuading him to follow the English King in the Civil War. Involvement in the English Civil War In the Civil War he fought for the King, and too ... [...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] |
1596 In Poetry
— From Sir John Harington, ''A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, called the Metamorphosis of Ajax''Trager, James, ''The People's Chronology'', New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1979 Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English * Anonymous, ''King Edward the Fourth and the Tanner of Tamworth'', a balladCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Thomas Campion, ''Poemata'' * Thomas Churchyard, ''A Pleasant Discourse of Court and Wars'' * Henoch Clapham, * Peter Colse, ''Penelopes Complaint; or, A Mirrour for Wanton Minions'' * Anthony Copley, '' A Fig for Fortune'' * Roger Cotton: ** ** * Sir John Davies, published anonymously, * John Dickenson, ''The Shepheardes Complaint'' * Michael Drayton: ** ''Mortimeriados'', a long poem on the Wars of the Roses, in ottava rima (revised as ''The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Constantijn Huygens
Sir Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem ( , , ; 4 September 159628 March 1687), was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was also secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens. Biography Constantijn Huygens was born in The Hague, the second son of Christiaan Huygens (senior), secretary of the Council of State, and Susanna Hoefnagel, niece of the Antwerp painter Joris Hoefnagel. Education Constantijn was a gifted child in his youth. His brother Maurits and he were educated partly by their father and partly by carefully instructed governors. When he was five years old, Constantijn and his brother received their first musical education. Music education They started with singing lessons, and they learned their notes using gold-coloured buttons on their jackets. It is striking that Christiaan senior imparted the "modern" system of 7 note names to the boys, instead of the traditional, but much mor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1745 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *October 19 – Jonathan Swift, Irish satirist and Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, dies aged 78. His body is laid out in public for the people of Dublin to pay their last respects, and he is buried, in accordance with his wishes, in his cathedral by Esther Johnson's side, with his own epitaph: ''Ubi sæva Indignatio/Ulterius/Cor lacerare nequit'' ("Where savage indignation can no longer lacerate the heart"). His death marks the end of the Scriblerus Club and the effective end of the age of Augustan poetry. Works published * John Adams, ''Poems on Several Occasions'', Biblical verse paraphrases, devotional works and nonreligious poems; English Colonial AmericaBurt, 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 B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Chandler
Mary Chandler (1687–1745) was an English poet. George Crabb writes that she left several poems, "the most esteemed of which was her ''Bath''."Crabb, George (1833)''Universal historical dictionary'' enlarged edition, 2 vols (London: Baldwin and Cradock, and J. Dowding), I, s.v. Life Born at Malmesbury, Wiltshire, she was the eldest daughter of Henry Chandler, a dissenting minister, later at Bath, Somerset. Her mother was a Miss Bridgman of Marlborough, and Samuel Chandler was one of her brothers. In her youth her spine became crooked, and her health suffered, but she set up a milliners shop in Bath about 1705, when not yet out of her teens, and wrote rhyming riddles and poems to friends. Despite her deformity and class station, she was on familiar terms with a variety of Bath society, among them Mrs. Boteler, Mrs. Moor, Lady Russell, and the Duchess of Somerset. Jonathan Swift's friend Mary Barber was her neighbour, and she was also a friend of Elizabeth Rowe and Frances Sey ... [...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] |
