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1730 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Colley Cibber made British Poet Laureate Works published English, Colonial America * Ebenezer Cooke (attributed; also spelled "Cook"), ''Sotweed Redivivus, or, The Planters Looking-Glass by E. C. Gent'', a verse treatise on tobacco cultivation and the problems of the planters of Maryland; thought to be by the author of ''The Sot-Weed Factor'' 1708, although the two pieces differ widely in tone, 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 Books The idea for the 1960 novel '' The Sot-Weed Factor'' by John Barth was based on Barth's reading of Cooke's poem * Richard Lewis, "A Journey from Patapsco to Annapolis, April 4, 1730", called one of the best nature poems in English Colonial America ... [...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] |
