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1756 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works published United Kingdom * Isaac Bickerstaffe, ''Leucothoe'', published anonymouslyCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Francies Brooke, ''Virginia: A tragedy'', a drama that contains poems * Richard Owen Cambridge, ''An Elegy Written in an Empty Assembly Room'', a parody of Alexander Pope's ''Eloisa to Abelard'' * Thomas Cole, ''The Arbour; or, The Rural Philosopher'', published anonymously * William Kenrick, ''Epistles to Lorenzo'', published anonymously * William Mason, ''Odes'' * Edward Moore, ''Poems, Fables and Plays''Ward, Sir Adolphus William et al., editors''The Cambridge history of English literature, Volume 10'' p 491, New York: G. P. Putnam's & Sons (this edition; also Cambridge, England: University Press) 1913, retrieved via Google Books on January 10, 2010 * Chris ... [...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] |
American Poetry
American poetry refers to the poetry of the United States. It arose first as efforts by American colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the constitutional unification of the Thirteen Colonies (although a strong oral tradition often likened to poetry already existed among Native American societies). Unsurprisingly, most of the early colonists' work relied on contemporary English models of poetic form, diction, and Theme (literary), theme. However, in the 19th century, a distinctive American Common parlance, idiom began to emerge. By the later part of that century, when Walt Whitman was winning an enthusiastic audience abroad, List of poets from the United States, poets from the United States had begun to take their place at the forefront of the English-language ''avant-garde''. Much of the American poetry published between 1910 and 1945 remains lost in the pages of small circulation political periodicals, particularly the ones on the far ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1826 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * June 2 – The Irvine Burns Club is formed at the Milne's Inn under the presidency of Dr. John MacKenzie, who had known the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Works published United Kingdom * Eliza Acton, ''Poems'', Ipswich: R. Deck * Thomas Aird, ''Murtzoufle: a tragedy''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Anna Laetitia Barbauld, ''A Legacy for Young Ladies'', poetry and prose, edited by Lucy Aikin, posthumous * George Borrow, ''Romantic Ballads'' * Elizabeth Barrett (later Browning), published anonymously, ''An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems'' * James Hogg, ''Queen Hynde'' * Thomas Hood, ''Whims and Oddities'', poetry and prose (see also, ''Whims and Oddities'' 1827) * Henry Hart Milman, ''Anne Boleyn'' * Amelia Opie, ''The Black Man's Lament; or, How to Make Sugar'' * Robe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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