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1737 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *March 2 – Samuel Johnson and his former pupil David Garrick leave Lichfield to seek their fortunes in London. *English poet Richard Jago becomes curate of Snitterfield. Works published United Kingdom * Henry Carey, ''The Musical Century, in One Hundred English Ballads'', with Carey's musical settingsCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Stephen Duck, ''The Vision'', on the November 20 death of Queen Caroline * Richard Glover, ''Leonidas'', in nine books (expanded to 12 in 1770) * Matthew Green, ''The Spleen'', has been called his chief poem; with a preface by his friend Richard Glover (see also, "Deaths" below) * Alexander Pope: ** ''Horace His Ode to Venus'' ** ''The Second Epistle of the Second Book of Horace, Imitated'' ** ''Letters of Mr. Alexander Pope, and Severa ... [...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] |
1717 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January - ''Three Hours After Marriage'', a play written by Alexander Pope, John Gay and John Arbuthnot, was staged this year. The play satirized poet and critic John Dennis as "Sir Tremendous Longinus the Critic", Lady Winchilsea as "Clinkett the poetess" and Colley Cibber as "Plotwell". The play was met with massive criticism and had a short run, mortifying Pope.Paul, Harry Gilbert ''John Dennis: His Life and Criticism'' p 91, New York: Columbia University Press, 1911, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010 (see Dennis, Parnell and Pope, in "Works published") Works published * Joseph Addison, John Dryden, Laurence Eusden, Sir Samuel Garth, John Gay, Alexander Pope and Nicholas Rowe, among others, ''Ovid's Metamorphoses''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * John Dura ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thammathibet
Thammathibet Chaiyachet Suriyawong, the Prince Senaphithak ( th, สมเด็จเจ้าฟ้าธรรมธิเบศรไชยเชษฐสุริยวงศ กรมขุนเสนาพิทักษ์) or Prince Narathibet ( th, นราธิเบศร์), also known as Prince Kung/ Chao Fa Kung ( th, เจ้าฟ้ากุ้ง; ? – 1746), was Viceroy of the front palace of the Kingdom of Ayutthaya, from 1732/33 but he is much more known as one of Thailand's most important poets. He also created the music for the Royal barge procession. Life Thammathibet, Prince Senaphithak was the eldest son of King Borommakot (reg. 1733 to 1758) and Princess Aphainuchit or Phra Phan Watsa Yai. In his poetic works praised for their lyrical language, Thammathibet describes the beauty of the Royal Bark procession, illustrating the work of the rowers, the individual boats, and the sight of the entire procession fleet. Nature, both plant and animal life ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Poetry
This article concerns poetry in Spain. Medieval Spain The Medieval period covers 400 years of different poetry texts and can be broken up into five categories. Primitive lyrics Since the findings of the Kharjas, which are mainly two, three, or four verses, Spanish lyrics, which are written in Mozarabic dialect, are perhaps the oldest of Romance Europe. The Mozarabic dialect has Latin origins with a combination of Arabic and Hebrew fonts. The epic Many parts of '' Cantar de Mio Cid'', '' Cantar de Roncesvalles'', and ''Mocedades de Rodrigo'' are part of the epic. The exact portion of each of these works is disputed among scholars. The Minstrels, over the course of the 12th to the 14th centuries, were driving force of this movement. The Spanish epic likely emanated from France. There are also indications of Arabic and Visigoth. It is usually written in series of seven to eight syllables within rhyming verse. Mester de clerecía The cuaderna vía is the most distinctive ve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ignacio De Luzán
Ignacio de Luzán Claramunt de Suelves y Gurrea (March 28, 1702 – May 19, 1754) was a Spanish critic and poet. He was born in Zaragoza. His youth was passed under the care of his uncle, and, after studying at Milan, he graduated in philosophy at the University of Catania. In 1723 he took minor orders, but abandoned his intention of entering the church and took up his residence at Naples, where he read assiduously. Business took him to Spain in 1733, living in Monzón and he became known in Madrid as a scholar with a tendency towards innovations in literature. ''La Poetica, 6 Reglas de la poesia en general y de sus principales especies'' (1737) proved that this impression was correct. He at once took rank as the leader of the literary reformers, and his courteous determination earned him the respect of his opponents. In 1747 he was appointed secretary to the Spanish embassy in Paris and, on returning to Madrid in 1750, was elected to the Academia Poetica del Buen Gusto, where, on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Wesley
Charles Wesley (18 December 1707 – 29 March 1788) was an English leader of the Methodist movement. Wesley was a prolific hymnwriter who wrote over 6,500 hymns during his lifetime. His works include " And Can It Be", " Christ the Lord Is Risen Today", the carol "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing", and " Lo! He Comes With Clouds Descending". Charles Wesley was born in Epworth, Lincolnshire, the son of Anglican cleric and poet Samuel Wesley and his wife Susanna. He was a younger brother of Methodist founder John Wesley and Anglican cleric Samuel Wesley the Younger, and he became the father of musician Samuel Wesley and grandfather of musician Samuel Sebastian Wesley. He was educated at Oxford University, where his brothers had also studied, and he formed the "Holy Club" among his fellow students in 1729. John Wesley later joined this group, as did George Whitefield. Charles followed his father and brother into the church in 1735, and he travelled with John to Georgia in America, re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Wesley
John Wesley (; 2 March 1791) was an English people, English cleric, Christian theology, theologian, and Evangelism, evangelist who was a leader of a Christian revival, revival movement within the Church of England known as Methodism. The societies he founded became the dominant form of the independent Methodist movement that continues to this day. Educated at Charterhouse School, Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford, Wesley was elected a fellow of Lincoln College, Oxford, in 1726 and ordination, ordained as an Anglican priest two years later. At Oxford, he led the "Holy Club", a society formed for the purpose of the study and the pursuit of a devout Christian life; it had been founded by his brother Charles Wesley, Charles and counted George Whitefield among its members. After an unsuccessful ministry of two years, serving at Christ Church (Savannah, Georgia), Christ Church, in the Georgia colony of Savannah, Georgia, Savannah, he returned to London and joined a religious so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish Satire, satirist, author, essayist, political pamphleteer (first for the Whig (British political party), Whigs, then for the Tories (British political party), Tories), poet, and Anglican cleric who became Dean (Christianity), Dean of St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, hence his common sobriquet, "Dean Swift". Swift is remembered for works such as ''A Tale of a Tub'' (1704), ''An Argument Against Abolishing Christianity'' (1712), ''Gulliver's Travels'' (1726), and ''A Modest Proposal'' (1729). He is regarded by the ''Encyclopædia Britannica'' as the foremost prose satirist in the English language, and is less well known for his poetry. He originally published all of his works under pseudonyms—such as Lemuel Gulliver, Isaac Bickerstaff, M. B. Drapier—or anonymously. He was a master of two styles of satire, the Satire#Classifications, Horatian and Juvenalian styles. His deadpan, ironic writing style, partic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1748 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 * Mark Akenside, ''An Ode to the Earl of Huntingdon'' * Robert Dodsley, editor, first three volumes of ''A Collection of Poems'' (1748–58), Volume 2 includes Thomas Gray's "Ode n the Spring, " Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes" and "Ode on a Distant Prospect of Eton College" (first published separately 1747) * William Kenrick, ''The Town'' * Mary Leapor, ''Poems upon Several Occasions'' (1748–51), posthumous * Ambrose Philips, ''Pastorals, Epistles, Odes and Other Original Poems'' * Thomas Sheridan, ''The Simile; or, Woman: a Cloud'', published posthumously * James Thomson, '' The Castle of Indolence: An Allegorical Poem. Written in Imitation of Spenser.'', a mock-Spenserian poem; published by Andrew Millar (see also "Deaths", below) * Thomas Warton, the elder, ''Poems on Several ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1742 In Poetry
:::::::— Edward Young, ''Night Thoughts'', "Night 1" Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Jonathan Swift suffers what appears to have been a stroke, losing the ability to speak and realizing his worst fears of becoming mentally disabled. ("I shall be like that tree," he once said, "I shall die at the top.") To protect him from unscrupulous hangers on, who had begun to prey on him, Swift's closest companions had him declared of "unsound mind and memory." Works published * William Collins, ''Persian Eclogues'', published anonymously; supposedly a translation (see also second edition, titled ''Oriental Eclogues'', 1757) * Thomas Cooke, ''Mr. Cooke's Original Poems'' * Philip Francis, translator, ''The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace'', very popular translation, published this year in Dublin (republished in 1743 in London; two more volumes, ''The Satires of Horace'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shenstone
William Shenstone (18 November 171411 February 1763) was an English poet and one of the earliest practitioners of landscape gardening through the development of his estate, ''The Leasowes''. Biography Son of Thomas Shenstone and Anne Penn, daughter of William Penn of Harborough Hall, then in Hagley (now Blakedown), Shenstone was born at the Leasowes, Halesowen on 18 November 1714. At that time this was an exclave of Shropshire within the county of Worcestershire and now in the West Midlands. Shenstone received part of his formal education at Halesowen Grammar School (now The Earls High School). In 1741, Shenstone became bailiff to the feoffees of Halesowen Grammar School. While attending Solihull School, he began a lifelong friendship with Richard Jago. He went up to Pembroke College, Oxford in 1732 and made another firm friend there in Richard Graves, the author of ''The Spiritual Quixote''. Shenstone took no degree, but, while still at Oxford, he published ''Poems on va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1724 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Matthew Concanen, editor, ''Miscellaneous Poems, Original and Translated'' * Eliza Haywood, ''Poems on Several Occasions'', published anonymously, issued in Volume 4 of a set of ''Works'', likely published together * Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, "Epistle from Mrs. Yonge to her Husband" * Allan Ramsay ** Editor, ''The Ever Green: Being a collection of Scots poems'', in two volumes, the only two of the planned four volumes to be published; Scotland ** ''Health'' ** Co-author and editor, ''The Tea-Table Miscellany'', a collection of Scots songs, in Scots and English, composed or amended by Ramsay and his friends, the first of four volumes, with the last volume published in 1737 * Elizabeth Tollet, ''Poems on Several Occasions'', published anonymously * William Warburton, ''Miscellaneous Translations, in Prose and Verse'' * Leonard Welsted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
