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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] |
List Of Years In Poetry
This article gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry. 21st century in poetry 2020s * 2023 in poetry * 2022 in poetry * 2021 in poetry * 2020 in poetry - Lana Del Rey's ''Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass'' 2010s * 2019 in poetry * 2018 in poetry * 2017 in poetry * 2016 in poetry * 2015 in poetry * 2014 in poetry Death of Madeline Gins, Amiri Baraka, Juan Gelman, José Emilio Pacheco, Maya Angelou * 2013 in poetry Death of Thomas McEvilley, Taylor Mead, Seamus Heaney * 2012 in poetry Günter Grass's poem "What Must Be Said" leads to him being declared ''persona non grata''; Death of Adrienne Rich, Wisława Szymborska * 2011 in poetry Tomas Tranströmer awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature; Liz Lochhead succeeds Edwin Morgan (poet), Edwin Morgan as The Scots Makar; Death of Josephine Hart, Václav Havel, Robert Kroetsch * 2010 in poetry Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nahum Tate
Nahum Tate ( ; 1652 – 30 July 1715) was an Irish poet, hymnist and lyricist, who became Poet Laureate in 1692. Tate is best known for ''The History of King Lear'', his 1681 adaptation of Shakespeare's ''King Lear'', and for his libretto for Henry Purcell's opera, ''Dido and Aeneas''. Life Nahum Tate was born in Dublin and came from a family of Puritan clerics. He was the son of Faithful Teate, an Irish cleric who had been rector of Castleterra, Ballyhaise, until his house was burnt and his family attacked after he had passed on information to the government about plans for the Irish Rebellion of 1641. After living at the provost's lodgings in Trinity College Dublin, Faithful Teate moved to England. He was the incumbent at East Greenwich around 1650, and "preacher of the gospel" at Sudbury from 1654 to 1658. He had returned to Dublin by 1660. He published a poem on the Trinity entitled ''Ter Tria'', as well as some sermons, two of which he dedicated to Oliver and Henry Cro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihara Saikaku
was a Japanese poet and creator of the " floating world" genre of Japanese prose (''ukiyo-zōshi''). Born as Hirayama Tōgo (平山藤五), the son of a wealthy merchant in Osaka, he first studied haikai poetry under Matsunaga Teitoku and later studied under Nishiyama Sōin of the Danrin school of poetry, which emphasized comic linked verse. Scholars have described numerous extraordinary feats of solo haikai composition at one sitting; most famously, over the course of a single day and night in 1677, Saikaku is reported to have composed at least 16,000 haikai stanzas, with some sources placing the number at over 23,500 stanzas. Later in life he began writing racy accounts of the financial and amorous affairs of the merchant class and the demimonde. These stories catered to the whims of the newly prominent merchant class, whose tastes of entertainment leaned toward the arts and pleasure districts. Biography Ihara Saikaku was born in 1642 into a well-off merchant family in Osa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szlachta
The ''szlachta'' (Polish: endonym, Lithuanian: šlėkta) were the noble estate of the realm in the Kingdom of Poland, the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, and the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth who, as a class, had the dominating position in the state, exercising extensive political rights and power. Szlachta as a class differed significantly from the feudal nobility of Western Europe. The estate was officially abolished in 1921 by the March Constitution."Szlachta. Szlachta w Polsce" ''Encyklopedia PWN'' The origins of the ''szlachta'' are obscure and the subject of several theories. Traditionally, its members owned land (allods), [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Polish Poetry
Polish poetry has a centuries-old history, similar to the Polish literature. Prominent Polish poets include *Marcin Bielski (1495–1575); Polish historian, chronicler, writer and Renaissance satirical poet, first to use Polish, hence his designation as the father of Polish prose *Mikołaj Rej (1505–1569); first Polish author to write exclusively in Polish and described as a "father of Polish literature" *Jan Kochanowski (1530–1584); commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz * (1540–1599); royal secretary, poet and historian. He wrote in Polish and Latin. Son of Marcin Bielski. *Adam Mickiewicz (1798–1855); regarded as one of the ''Three Bards'' of Polish Romantic literature and a "national poet" in Poland. *Juliusz Słowacki (1809–1849); regarded as one of the ''Three Bards'' of Polish Romantic literature *Zygmunt Krasiński (1812–1859); regarded as one of the ''Three Bards'' of Polish Romantic literature * Cyprian Norwid (1821–1883); re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1621 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *November 22 – English poet John Donne is installed as Dean of St Paul's Cathedral in London. Works published Great Britain * John Ashmore, translator, ''Certain Selected Odes of Horace, Englished; and their Arguments Annexed'' * Richard Brathwaite: ** ''Natures Embassie; or, The Wilde-Mans Measures'' ** ''Times Curtaine Drawne; or, The Anatomie of Vanitie'' * Ralph Crane, ''The Workes of Mercy, Both Corporeal and Spiritual'' * Francis Quarles, ''Hadassa; or, The History of Queene Ester'' * George Sandys, ''The First Five Books of Ovid's Metamorphosis'', published anonymously (see also ''Ovid's Metamorphosis'' 1626) * Rachel Speght, ''Mortalities Memorandum: With a dreame prefixed, imaginarie in manner, reall in matter'' * John Taylor: ** ''The Praise, Antiquity, and Commodity, of Beggery, Beggers and Begging'' ** ''Superbiae Flagellum; or, The W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn
Jan Andrzej Morsztyn (1621–93) was a Polish poet, member of the landed nobility, and official in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was '' starosta'' of Zawichost, Tymbark and Kowal. He was also pantler of Sandomierz (1647–58), Royal Secretary (from 1656), a secular referendary (1658–68), and Deputy Crown Treasurer from 1668. Apart from his career at the Polish court, Morsztyn is famous as a leading poet of the Polish Baroque and a prominent representative of Marinist style in Polish literature. Over his lifetime he accumulated considerable wealth. In 1683 he was accused of treason and was forced to emigrate to France. Biography Morsztyn was born 24 July 1621 at Wiśnicz, near Kraków, into a wealthy Calvinist family of coat-of-arms ''Leliwa''. He studied at Leiden University and, with his brother, traveled extensively in Italy and France. After returning to Poland, he became a retainer of the magnate Lubomirski family, and through them became attached to the r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1739 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Samuel Boyse, ''Deity''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Moses Browne, ''Poems on Various Subjects'' * Mary Collier, ''The Woman's Labour: An epistle to Mr. Stephen Duck'' * Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Irish poet, published in the United Kingdom: ** ''An Epistle to the Right Honourable, Sir Robert Walpole'', attributed to Nugent ** ''An Ode on Mr. Pulteney'', published anonymously ** ''An Ode to His Royal Highness on His Birthday'', published anonymously ** ''Odes and Epistles'', published anonymously * Laetitia Pilkington, ''The Statues; or, The Trial of Constancy'', published anonymously * Elizabeth Rowe, ''Miscellaneous Works in Prose and Verse'', including "The History of Joseph", English, Colonial America, posthumously publishedLudwig, Richard M., ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hildebrand Jacob
Hildebrand Jacob (1692 or 1693–1739) was a British poet and playwright, whose major works include the epic poem ''Brutus the Trojan'' and the tragic verse drama ''The Fatal Constancy''. His collected works (entitled ''The Works of H. Jacob, Esqr.'') were published in 1735. Family His father was Sir John Jacob, third baronet of Bromley, Middlesex (c.1665–1740) and his mother was Dorothy (c.1662–1749). Sir John served in the army from 1685 to 1702, seeing action at the Battle of Killiecrankie and in Ireland. Following his father, Hildebrand served in the army until at least 1715, then in 1717 he married Meriel, daughter of another baronet, Sir John Bland of Kippax-Park, Yorkshire. They had a son, also Hildebrand, and a daughter, Anne They made their home at West Wratting, Cambridgeshire. He never succeeded to his father's seat, dying in 1739, a year before Sir John. His son Sir Hildebrand Jacob (1717 or 1718–1790) succeeded Sir John at his death on 31 March 1740, becomin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pindar
Pindar (; grc-gre, Πίνδαρος , ; la, Pindarus; ) was an Ancient Greek lyric poet from Thebes. Of the canonical nine lyric poets of ancient Greece, his work is the best preserved. Quintilian wrote, "Of the nine lyric poets, Pindar is by far the greatest, in virtue of his inspired magnificence, the beauty of his thoughts and figures, the rich exuberance of his language and matter, and his rolling flood of eloquence, characteristics which, as Horace rightly held, make him inimitable." His poems can also, however, seem difficult and even peculiar. The Athenian comic playwright Eupolis once remarked that they "are already reduced to silence by the disinclination of the multitude for elegant learning". Some scholars in the modern age also found his poetry perplexing, at least until the 1896 discovery of some poems by his rival Bacchylides; comparisons of their work showed that many of Pindar's idiosyncrasies are typical of archaic genres rather than of only the poet himself. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux
Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux (; 1 November 1636 – 13 March 1711), often known simply as Boileau (, ), was a French poet and critic. He did much to reform the prevailing form of French poetry, in the same way that Blaise Pascal did to reform the prose. He was greatly influenced by Horace. Family and education Boileau was the fifteenth child of Gilles Boileau, a clerk in the Parliament of Paris. Two of his brothers attained some distinction: Gilles Boileau, the author of a translation of Epictetus; and Jacques Boileau, who became a canon of the Sainte-Chapelle, and made valuable contributions to church history. The surname " Despréaux" was derived from a small property at Crosne near Villeneuve-Saint-Georges. His mother died when he was two years old; and Nicolas Boileau, who had a delicate constitution, seems to have suffered something from want of care. Sainte-Beuve puts down his somewhat hard and unsympathetic outlook quite as much to the uninspiring circumstances of these ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Wesley (poet)
Samuel Wesley (17 December 1662 – 25 April 1735) was a clergyman of the Church of England, as well as a poet and a writer of controversial prose. He was also the father of John Wesley and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodism. Family and early life Samuel Wesley was the second son of Rev. John Westley or Wesley, who was ejected that year as rector of Winterborne Whitechurch, Dorset. His mother was the daughter of John White, the so-called "Patriarch of Dorchester" and rector of Trinity Church, Dorchester. Following some grammar school education in Dorchester, Wesley was sent away from home to prepare for ministerial training under Theophilus Gale. Gale's death in 1678 forestalled this plan; instead, he attended another grammar school and then studied at dissenting academies under Edward Veel in Stepney and then Charles Morton in Newington Green, where Gale had lived. Daniel Defoe also attended Morton's school, situated "probably on the site of the current Unitarian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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