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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] |
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] |
George Etherege
Sir George Etherege (c. 1636, Maidenhead, Berkshire – c. 10 May 1692, Paris) was an English dramatist. He wrote the plays '' The Comical Revenge or, Love in a Tub'' in 1664, ''She Would If She Could'' in 1668, and '' The Man of Mode or, Sir Fopling Flutter'' in 1676. Biography Early life George Etherege was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, in about 1636, to George Etherege and Mary Powney, as the eldest of their six children. Educated at Lord Williams's School, where a school building was later named after him, he was rumoured to have attended the University of Cambridge,William Oldys, ''Biographia Britannica.'' Vol. III, 1750. p. 1841. although John Dennis states that to his certain knowledge Etherege understood neither Greek nor Latin, thus raising doubts that he could have been there. Etherege served as an apprentice to a lawyer and later studied law at Clement's Inn, London, one of the Inns of Chancery. He probably travelled abroad to France with his father, who staye ... [...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] |
James Bramston
James Bramston (c. 1694–1743) was an English poet who specialised in satire and parody. He was also a pluralist cleric of the Church of England. Family The son of Col. Francis Bramston, a guards officer, he was born at Skreens, near Chelmsford, Essex, and educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford.Mark Anthony Lower: ''The Worthies of Sussex: Biographical Sketches'' (1865), pp. 58–59Retrieved 13 August 2017./ref> Sir John Bramston (1577–1654), Lord Chief Justice of the King's Bench, was his great-grandfather.James Sambrook, "Bramston, James (1694? – 1743)", ''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' (Oxford, UK: OUP, 2004Retrieved 13 August 2017./ref> Priesthood Bramston took holy orders in the Anglican church and was appointed Chaplain to the 2nd Dragoon Guards in 1721. By 1724 he was married, and in that year became Rector of Lurgashall in 1724, then Vicar of neighbouring Harting, West Sussex in 1725. He was reinstated at Lurgashall in 1739 and named ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1778 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published in English United Kingdom * John Codrington Bampfylde, ''Sixteen Sonnets''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * William Combe, ''The Auction'' * George Ellis, writing under the pen name "Sir Gregory Gander", ''Poetical Tales'' * William Hayley, ''A Poetical Epistle to an Eminent Painter'', published anonymously; addressed to George Romney * Vicesimus Knox, ''Cursory Thoughts on Satire and Satirists'', a critical essayClark, Alexander Frederick Bruce''Boileau and the French Classical Critics in England (1660-1830)'' p 50, Franklin, Burt, 1971, , retrieved via Google Books on February 13, 2010 * John Scott, ''Moral Eclogues'', published anonymously * Percival Stockdale, ''Inquiry into the Nature and Genuine Laws of Poetry; including a particular Defence of the Wr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voltaire
François-Marie Arouet (; 21 November 169430 May 1778) was a French Age of Enlightenment, Enlightenment writer, historian, and philosopher. Known by his ''Pen name, nom de plume'' M. de Voltaire (; also ; ), he was famous for his wit, and his criticism of Christianity—especially Criticism of the Catholic Church, of the Roman Catholic Church—and of slavery. Voltaire was an advocate of freedom of speech, freedom of religion, and separation of church and state. Voltaire was a versatile and prolific writer, producing works in almost every literary form, including stageplay, plays, poems, novels, essays, histories, and scientific Exposition (narrative), expositions. He wrote more than 20,000 letters and 2,000 books and pamphlets. Voltaire was one of the first authors to become renowned and commercially successful internationally. He was an outspoken advocate of civil liberties and was at constant risk from the strict censorship laws of the Catholic French monarchy. His polemics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English Poetry
This article focuses on poetry from the United Kingdom written in the English language. The article does not cover poetry from other countries where the English language is spoken, including Republican Ireland after December 1922. The earliest surviving English poetry, written in Anglo-Saxon, the direct predecessor of modern English, may have been composed as early as the 7th century. The earliest English poetry The earliest known English poem is a hymn on the creation; Bede attributes this to Cædmon ( fl. 658–680), who was, according to legend, an illiterate herdsman who produced extemporaneous poetry at a monastery at Whitby. This is generally taken as marking the beginning of Anglo-Saxon poetry. Much of the poetry of the period is difficult to date, or even to arrange chronologically; for example, estimates for the date of the great epic ''Beowulf'' range from AD 608 right through to AD 1000, and there has never been anything even approaching a consensus. It is pos ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1773 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *May 4 – Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill composes the keen ''Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire'' over the body of her husband Art Ó Laoghaire. *Cláudio Manuel da Costa writes his epic poem ''Vila Rica'', relating the history of the homonymous Brazilian city, modern-day Ouro Preto; it is not published until 1839. *Friedrich Gottlieb Klopstock publishes the last five cantos of his epic poem ''Der Messias'' in Hamburg. *William Cowper, living at Olney, Buckinghamshire, experiences mental disturbances, believing himself condemned to damnation. Works published * Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ''Poems''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Thomas Day, '' The Dying Negro'', Occasioned by the incident, as described in the advertisement published with the poem, about "A black who, a few days befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl Of Chesterfield
Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, (22 September 169424 March 1773) was a British statesman, diplomat, and man of letters, and an acclaimed wit of his time. Early life He was born in London to Philip Stanhope, 3rd Earl of Chesterfield, and Lady Elizabeth Savile, and known as Lord Stanhope until the death of his father, in 1726. Following the death of his mother in 1708, Stanhope was raised mainly by his grandmother, the Marchioness of Halifax. Educated at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, he left just over a year into his studies, after focusing on languages and oration. He subsequently embarked on the Grand Tour of the Continent, to complete his education as a nobleman, by exposure to the cultural legacies of Classical antiquity and the Renaissance, and to become acquainted with his aristocratic counterparts and the polite society of Continental Europe. In the course of his post-graduate tour of Europe, the death of Queen Anne (r. 1702–1714) and the accession of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pietist
Pietism (), also known as Pietistic Lutheranism, is a movement within Lutheranism that combines its emphasis on biblical doctrine with an emphasis on individual piety and living a holy Christianity, Christian life, including a social concern for the needy and disadvantaged. It is also related to its non-Lutheran (but largely Lutheran-descended) Radical Pietism offshoot that either diversified or spread into various denominations or traditions, and has also had a contributing influence over the Interdenominationalism, interdenominational Evangelicalism, Evangelical Christianity movement. Although the movement is aligned exclusively within Lutheranism, it had a tremendous impact on Protestantism worldwide, particularly in North America and Europe. Pietism originated in modern Germany in the late 17th century with the work of Philipp Spener, a Lutheran theologian whose emphasis on personal transformation through spiritual rebirth and renewal, individual devotion, and piety laid the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Poetry
Danish literature () a subset of Scandinavian literature, stretches back to the Middle Ages. The earliest preserved texts from Denmark are runic inscriptions on memorial stones and other objects, some of which contain short poems in alliterative verse. In the late 12th century Saxo Grammaticus wrote ''Gesta Danorum''. During the 16th century, the Lutheran Reformation came to Denmark. During this era, Christiern Pedersen translated the New Testament into Danish and Thomas Kingo composed hymns. Fine poetry was created in the early 17th century by Anders Arrebo (1587–1637). The challenges faced during Denmark's absolute monarchy in 1660 are chronicled in '' Jammersminde'' (Remembered Woes) by Leonora Christina of the Blue Tower. Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment and Humanism, is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature. Neoclassical poetry, drama, and the essay flourished during the 18th century influenced by Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1764 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February – The Club, a London dining club, is founded by Samuel Johnson and Joshua Reynolds. Works published * Charles Churchill (see "Deaths", below): ** ''The Candidate''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''The Duelist'' ** ''The Farewell'' ** ''Gotham'', Books 1, 2 and 3 published separately this year ** ''Independence'', published anonymously ** ''The Times'' * John Gilbert Cooper, ''Poems on Several Subjects'' *James Grainger, ''The Sugar Cane'', by a British doctor in Saint Kitts in Wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
