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1593 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Anonymous, ''The Phoeix Nest'', anthology with poems by Thomas Lodge, Nicholas Breton, Sir Walter Ralegh and others; three elegies on Sir Philip Sidney, the "Phoenix" of the title, open the volume * Barnabe Barnes, ''Parthenophil and Parthenophe'', contains sonnets, madrigals, elegies and odes * Anthony Chute, ''Beauty Dishonoured, written under the title of Shore's Wife'' * Henry Constable, ', written but unpublished at this time British Library, Harleian Collection MS 7553. * Michael Drayton, ''Idea: the'' ' ''garland, Fashioned in nine eglogs'' * Giles Fletcher, the Elder, published anonymously, ''Licia, or Poemes of Love'' * Robert Henryson, published anonymously, ''The Testament of Cresseid'', first appeared in Thynne's edition of Chaucer's works in 1532 * Thomas Lodge, ' * Henry Lok, ''Sundry Christian Passions Cont ... [...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] |
1597 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Nicholas Breton: ** ''The Arbor of Amorous Devises'', anthology partly by Breton, probably compiled by the printer, Richard Jones; reprints 10 poems from ''Brittons Bowre of Delights'' 1591Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''Auspicante Jehova'' * John Dowland, ''The First Booke of Songes or Ayres of Fowre Partes'' verse and music (see also ''Second Booke'' 1600, ''Third and Last Booke'' 1603) * Michael Drayton, ''Englands Heroicall Epistles'' (expanded in 1598; reprinted in ''The Barrons Wars'' 1603) * Joseph Hall, ''Virgidemiarum, Sixe Bookes'' * Henry Lok, ''Ecclesiastes, Otherwise Called the Preacher'' * Gervase Markham, translated from a lost original work by Genevieve Petau de Maulette, ''Devoreux'' * Thomas Middleton, ''The Wisodome of Solomo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Mystic
The Friends of God (German: Gottesfreunde; or gotesvriunde) was a medieval mystical group of both ecclesiastical and lay persons within the Catholic Church (though it nearly became a separate sect) and a center of German mysticism. It was founded between 1339 and 1343 during the Avignon Papacy of the Western Schism, a time of great turmoil for the Catholic Church. The Friends of God were originally centered in Basel, Switzerland and were also fairly important in Strasbourg and Cologne. Some late-nineteenth century writers made large claims for the movement, seeing it both as influential in fourteenth-century mysticism and as a precursor of the Protestant Reformation. Modern studies of the movement have emphasised the derivative and often second-rate character of its mystical literature, and its limited impact on medieval literature in Germany. Some of the movement's ideas still prefigured the Protestant reformation. Name The name "Friends of God" may have been influenced by vario ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1652 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * English poet John Milton loses the last of his eyesight during the year; his first wife Mary (née Powell, 1625) dies on May 5. * A translation by Saiyid Aidarus of the Arabic religious poem "Hamziya" is the earliest known written example of Swahili literature. Works published * Edward Benlowes, ''Theophila; or, Loves Sacrifice'', including some Latin poetry and translationsCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Richard Crashaw, ''Carmen Deo Nostro, Te Decet Hymnus: Sacred poems'', containing poems from ''Steps to the Temple'' 1646, and new poetry * Sir Richard Fanshawe, ''Selected Parts of Horace, Prince of Lyricks'', published anonymously; Latin and English verse on facing pages * John Hall, translator, ''Of the Height of Eloquence'' by Longinus (a work now known in Englis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abraham Von Franckenberg
Abraham von Franckenberg (24 June 1593 – 25 June 1652) was a German mystic, author, poet and hymn-writer. Life Abraham von Franckenberg was born in 1593 into an old Silesian noble family in Ludwigsdorf bei Oels. He attended the Gymnasium in Brieg and the University of Leipzig and looked set to become a lawyer; however, he abandoned his studies in 1617 and was drawn to more ascetic and mystical ideas. By 1622, he was familiar with the works of Jakob Böhme, and he met the mystic in person the following year. Franckenberg would continue to revere Böhme even after the latter's death in 1624, and was a friend to several of Böhme's other followers, such as the Liegnitz physician Balthasar Walther. He inherited the family estate in Ludwigsdorf in 1623, but passed it on to his brother Balthasar in exchange for the right to keep a few small rooms in the family home. He lived a very reclusive life and rarely ventured forth from this room – only in 1634 to attend to those sufferi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1633 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *February 27 – A few days before his death from consumption at his rectory in Bemerton (near Salisbury in England), George Herbert calls for a lute so that he can sing religious songs. He has sent his poems, none of which have been published in his lifetime, to Nicholas Ferrar of the Little Gidding community and they are issued later in the year. Works published Great Britain * Abraham Cowley, ''Poetical Blossomes'' * John Donne, ''Poems, by J.D.: With elegies on the authors death'', the first collected edition of the author's works;Donne, John''The Complete English Poems'' Introduction and notes by A. J. Smith, "Table of Dates", p 24, Penguin Books, retrieved via Google Books on February 11, 2010 (seven editions by 1669) including "The Canonization" and the Holy Sonnets * Phineas Fletcher, ''The Purple Island; or, The Isle of Man'' * George Her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Herbert
George Herbert (3 April 1593 – 1 March 1633) was an English poet, orator, and priest of the Church of England. His poetry is associated with the writings of the metaphysical poets, and he is recognised as "one of the foremost British devotional lyricists." He was born in Wales into an artistic and wealthy family and largely raised in England. He received a good education that led to his admission to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1609. He went there with the intention of becoming a priest, but he became the University's Public Orator and attracted the attention of King James I. He sat in the Parliament of England in 1624 and briefly in 1625. After the death of King James, Herbert renewed his interest in ordination. He gave up his secular ambitions in his mid-thirties and took holy orders in the Church of England, spending the rest of his life as the rector of the rural parish of Fugglestone St Peter, just outside Salisbury. He was noted for unfailing care for his parishioner ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Italian Poetry
Italian poetry is a category of Italian literature. Italian poetry has its origins in the thirteenth century and has heavily influenced the poetic traditions of many European languages, including that of English. Features * Italian prosody is accentual and syllabic, much like English. The most common metrical line is the hendecasyllable, which is very similar to English iambic pentameter. Shorter lines like the ''settenario'' are used as well. * The earliest Italian poetry is rhymed. Rhymed forms of Italian poetry include the sonnet (''sonnetto''), terza rima, ottava rima, the canzone and the ballata. Beginning in the sixteenth century, unrhymed hendecasyllabic verse, known as ''verso sciolto'', became a popular alternative (compare blank verse in English). * Feminine rhymes are generally preferred over masculine rhymes. * Apocopic forms (''uom'' for ''uomo'', ''amor'' for ''amore'') and contractions (''spirto'' for ''spirito'') are common. Expanded forms of words which have bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1581 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Italian poet Torquato Tasso's epic poem ''Jerusalem Delivered'' (''La Gerusalemme liberata'') is first published complete, a pirated edition printed in Parma being followed by an authorized edition from Ferrara, where the poet is confined in the Ospedale di Sant'Anna. Also this year, Aldus Manutius the Younger prints a selection of Tasso's lyrics and prose in Venice. Works published Great Britain * Anonymous, ''A Triumph for True Subjects, and a Terrour unto al Tratiours'', ballad on the execution of Edmund Campion on December 1, 1561, attributed to William Elderton, who was likely not the authorCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Sir Philip SIdney, ''An Apology for Poetry'' Other * Marie de Romieu, ''Premières Œuvres poetiques de MaDamoiselle Marie de Romieu Vivaroise'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Torquato Tasso
Torquato Tasso ( , also , ; 11 March 154425 April 1595) was an Italian poet of the 16th century, known for his 1591 poem ''Gerusalemme liberata'' (Jerusalem Delivered), in which he depicts a highly imaginative version of the combats between Christians and Muslims at the end of the First Crusade, during the Siege of Jerusalem (1099), Siege of Jerusalem of 1099. Tasso had mental illness and died a few days before he was to be Poet laureate, crowned on the Capitoline Hill as the king of poets by Clement VIII, Pope Clement VIII. His work was widely translated and adapted, and until the beginning of the 20th century, he remained one of the most widely read poets in Europe. Biography Early life Born in Sorrento, Torquato was the son of Bernardo Tasso, a nobleman of Bergamo and an epic and lyric poet of considerable fame in his day, and his wife Porzia de Rossi, a noblewoman born in Naples of Tuscany, Tuscan origins. His father had for many years been secretary in the service of F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1594 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published England *Richard Barnfield, ''The Affectionate Shepheard''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Richard Carew, ''Godfrey of Bulloigne; or, The Recouverie of Hierusalem'', translated from the Italian of the first five books of Torquato Tasso's ''Gerusalemme Liberatta'' *George Chapman, '' Skia Nyktos. The Shadow of Night'', the first two words of the title are in Ancient Greek * Henry Constable, ''Diana; or, The Excellent Conceitful Sonnets of H.C.'', the second edition of ''Diana'' (first edition 1592) * Samuel Daniel, ''Delia and Rosamond Augmented;'' ith''Cleopatra'', the third edition of ''Delia'' and of ''Rosamond''; first edition of ''Cleopatra'' (see also ''Delia'' 1592) * Michael Drayton: ** ''Ideas Mirrour'', 51 sonnets ** ''Matilda'' (reprinted in an ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venus And Adonis (Shakespeare Poem)
''Venus and Adonis'' is a narrative poem by William Shakespeare published in 1593. It is probably Shakespeare's first publication. The poem tells the story of Venus, the goddess of Love; of her unrequited love; and of her attempted seduction of Adonis, an extremely handsome young man, who would rather go hunting. The poem is pastoral, and at times erotic, comic and tragic. It contains discourses on the nature of love, and observations of nature. It is written in stanzas of six lines of iambic pentameter rhyming ABABCC; although this verse form was known before Shakespeare's use, it is now commonly known as the ''Venus and Adonis'' stanza, after this poem. This form was also used by Edmund Spenser and Thomas Lodge. The poem consists of 199 stanzas or 1,194 lines. It was published originally as a quarto pamphlet and published with great care. It was probably printed using Shakespeare's fair copy. The printer was Richard Field, who, like Shakespeare, was from Stratford. ''Venus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
