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1584 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published France * Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, ''Seconde Semaine ou Enfance du monde'', unfinished.France, Peter, editor, ''The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French'', 1993, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, * Pierre de Ronsard, the collective in-folio edition of his works * Honoré d'Urfé, ''La Sireine'' Great Britain * Robert Greene, ''The Debate between Folly and Love'', translated from the French of part of Louise Labbe's ''Débat de Folie et d'Amour'', London: Ponsonby; many editions in the 16th, 17th and 19th centuriesWeb page title"Bibliographie de Louise Labé" retrieved May 17, 2009. 2009-05-20. *King James VI, ''The Essayes of a Prentise, in the Divine Art of Poesie''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Anthony Munday, ''I Serve a ... [...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] |
Jan Kochanowski
Jan Kochanowski (; 1530 – 22 August 1584) was a Polish Renaissance poet who established poetic patterns that would become integral to the Polish literary language. He is commonly regarded as the greatest Polish poet before Adam Mickiewicz. Life Jan Kochanowski was born at Sycyna, near Radom, Poland. He was the older brother of Andrzej Kochanowski, who would also become a poet and translator. Little is known of Jan's early education. At fourteen, fluent in Latin, he was sent to the Kraków Academy. After graduating in 1547 at the age of seventeen, he attended the University of Königsberg, in Ducal Prussia (a fiefdom of the Crown of the Kingdom of Poland), and Padua University in Italy. At Padua, Kochanowski came in contact with the great humanist scholar Francesco Robortello. Kochanowski closed his fifteen-year period of studies and travels with a final visit to France, where he met the poet Pierre Ronsard. In 1559 Kochanowski returned to Poland for good, where he remained a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1651 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Great Britain * Anonymous, ''A Hermeticall Banquet'', published this year, although the book states "1652"; some attribute the book to James Howell, others to Thomas VaughanCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * William Bosworth, ''The shaft and Lost Lovers'' * John Cleveland, ''Poems'', this "sixth edition" has 28 poems, including 23 from the fifth edition of ''The Character of a London Diurnall'' 1647 and an additional prose work, "The Character of a Country Committee-Man, with the Ear-Mark of a Sequestrator"; many more editions followed * Sir William Davenant, ''Gondibert: An heroick poem'', also known simply as ''Gondibert'', including Davenant's "Preface to his most honour’d friend Mr. Hobs" and "The Answer of Mr. Hobbes to Sir William D’Avenant’s Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Visscher
Anna Roemers Visscher (c. 2 February 1583 – 6 December 1651) was a Dutch artist, poet, and translator. Biography Anna Roemers Visscher was the eldest daughter of Amsterdam merchant and poet Roemer Visscher and the sister of Maria Tesselschade Visscher. Her family's economic and social status in Amsterdam enabled Visscher to be schooled in languages, calligraphy, embroidery, drawing, painting, glass engraving and other arts. Visscher married Dominicus Booth van Wesel in 1624. In 1646, they moved with their two sons Roemer and Johan to Leiden. Visscher lived during the Renaissance when women poets were often praised for who they were more than for their literary work. She was amongst the group of artists, writers and musicians who formed the Muiderkring or Muiden Circle. She was highly admired by the artistic elite such as P. C. Hooft, Jacob Cats, Joost van den Vondel, Constantijn Huygens and others. They called her a muse, the second Sappho, a fourth grace and more, and often ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1655 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * John Cotgrave, ''The English Treasury of Wit and Language: collected out of the most, and best of our English poems; methodically digested into common places for generall use. By John Cotgrave, Gent'' (full title, but punctuation and spelling here may be different from the actual title page), contains verse drama, quotations, maxims, etc. London: Printed for Humphrey Moseley National Library of Australia website, retrieved May 31, 2009 [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anna Ovena Hoyer
Anna Ovena Hoyer (born: Anke Hanß, aka Anna Ovena Hoyers, Swedish: ''Anna Orena Höijer'') (Koldenbüttel on Ejdersted peninsula 1584 – 27 November 1655) was a writer and poet, originally German; active in Sweden from 1632. She belonged to the Schwenkfeldians (a branch founded by Nicolaus Knutzen Teting called Brethren in Christ (Brüder in Christo)) and was a critic of Lutheranism. Biography Hoyer was the only child of the wealthy astronomer Hans Owens (aka Johann Oven) (1560-1584) and his wife Wennecke Hunnens (1567-1587). After her parents' deaths she lived with her uncle Meves Owens (1555-1630) and was educated in astronomy, literature, music, and the Classics. At 15 she married Hermann Hoyer, stadtholder in Ejdersted, with whom she had at least nine children. With her dowry, amounting to 100,000 rixdollar of Lübeck fineness, she helped to repay debts charged on her spouse's estates. She inherited the manor Hoyersworth (a part of today's Oldenswort) in the North Se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1616 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 1 – King James I of England grants Ben Jonson an annual pension of 100 marks, making him ''de facto'' poet laureate. Works published Great Britain * William Browne, ''Britannia's Pastorals. The Second Booke'' (see also Book 1, 1613; both books published together 1625) * George Chapman, translator: ** ''The Divine Poem of Musaeus. First of all Books'', translated from Musaeus', ''De Herone et Leandro'' (Hero and Leander) ** ''The Whole Works of Homer'', publication year uncertain (see also ''Seaven Bookes of the Iliades of Homer'' 1598, ''Homer Prince of Poets'' 1609, ''The Iliads of Homer'' 1611, ''Homers Odysses'' 1614, ''Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses'' 1615) * Ben Jonson: ** ''To Celia'' ** ''On my first Sonne'' ** ''The Workes of Beniamin Ionson'' ( the first folio collection, including ''Epigrams'' and ''The Forest'') * Ro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Beaumont
Francis Beaumont ( ; 1584 – 6 March 1616) was a dramatist in the English Renaissance theatre, most famous for his collaborations with John Fletcher. Beaumont's life Beaumont was the son of Sir Francis Beaumont of Grace Dieu, near Thringstone in Leicestershire, a justice of the common pleas. His mother was Anne, the daughter of Sir George Pierrepont (d. 1564), of Holme Pierrepont, and his wife Winnifred Twaits. Beaumont was born at the family seat and was educated at Broadgates Hall (now Pembroke College, Oxford) at age thirteen. Following the death of his father in 1598, he left university without a degree and followed in his father's footsteps by entering the Inner Temple in London in 1600. Accounts suggest that Beaumont did not work long as a lawyer. He became a student of poet and playwright Ben Jonson; he was also acquainted with Michael Drayton and other poets and dramatists, and decided that was where his passion lay. His first work, ''Salmacis and Hermaphroditu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Poetry
German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects (e.g. Alemannic). Medieval German literature is literature written in Germany, stretching from the Carolingian dynasty; various dates have been given for the end of the German literary Middle Ages, the Reformation (1517) being the last possible cut-off point. The Old High German period is reckoned to run until about the mid-11th century; the most famous works are the ''Hildebrandslied'' and a heroic epic known as the ''Heliand''. Middle High German starts in the 12th century; the key works include '' The Ring'' (ca. 1410) and the poems of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1653 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Margaret Cavendish, Lady Newcastle, ''Poems, and Fancies'', prose and poetryCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * An Collins, ''Divine Songs and Meditacions'' * William Davenant, ''A Discourse upon Gondibert, an heroick poem'', a philosophical preface to his epic poem ''Gondibert'', third edition (officially second edition), with this one including "Certain Verses, written by severall of the author’s friends" (first published 1650 unfinished, then published again in 1651 in its final form, with a preface and commendatory verses; see also ''The Seventh and Last Canto of the Third Book of Gondibert,'' 1685) * Richard Flecknoe, translator, ''Miscellania; or, Poems of all Sorts'', prose and poetry * Henry Lawes, ''Ayeres and Dialogues''Mark Van Doren, ''John Dry ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Rudolf Weckherlin
Georg Rudolf Weckherlin (15 September 1584 – 13 February 1653) was a German poet and diplomat. Influenced by the French La Pléiade, his poetry introduced Renaissance forms and themes previously unknown in German verse. In his political career, Weckherlin worked in the service of the Electorate of the Palatinate, serving on diplomatic missions to France and England. Weckherlin would eventually come to be employed by the English crown as an expert on foreign languages and cryptography, and continued to serve in this position in the Commonwealth of England. Biography Georg Weckherlin was born at Stuttgart. After studying law in Tübingen he settled at Stuttgart, and, as secretary to Duke Johann Friedrich of Württemberg, was employed on diplomatic missions to France and England. Between 1620 and 1624 he lived in England in the service of the Electorate of the Palatinate, and from this connection came to be employed in various positions in the English government. He was chief ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dutch Poetry
Dutch language literature () comprises all writings of literary merit written through the ages in the Dutch language, a language which currently has around 23 million native speakers. Dutch-language literature is the product of the Netherlands, Belgium, Suriname, the Netherlands Antilles and of formerly Dutch-speaking regions, such as French Flanders, South Africa, and Indonesia. The Dutch East Indies, as Indonesia was called under Dutch colonization, spawned a separate subsection in Dutch-language literature. Conversely, Dutch-language literature sometimes was and is produced by people originally from abroad who came to live in Dutch-speaking regions, such as Anne Frank and Kader Abdolah. In its earliest stages, Dutch-language literature is defined as those pieces of literary merit written in one of the Dutch dialects of the Low Countries. Before the 17th century, there was no unified standard language; the dialects that are considered Dutch evolved from Old Frankish. A separate A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
