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1634 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *The Duke de Medinaceli forces Spanish poet Francisco de Quevedo into a 3-month marriage with Doña Esperanza de Aragón. Works published Great Britain * Richard Brathwaite, ''Anniversaries upon his Panarete'', anonymously published (see also ''Anniversaries'' ..''Continued'' 1635) * Richard Crashaw, ''Epigrammatum Sacrorum Liber'', anonymously published * William Habington, ''Castara'', anonymously published * Alexander Ross, ''Virgilii Evangelisantis Christiados'', ''cento'' * Alice Sutcliffe, ''Meditations of Man's Mortalitie: or, A Way to True Blessednesse'', in prose and verse Other * Marie de Gournay, also known as Marie le Jars, demoiselle de Gournay, ''Les Avis et presents'', including a feminist tract, translations, moral essays and verse (revised from the original version, ''Ombre'' 1626; again revised 1641), France * Lope de Vega, Spain, ' ... [...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] |
Lope De Vega
Félix Lope de Vega y Carpio ( , ; 25 November 156227 August 1635) was a Spanish playwright, poet, and novelist. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Age of Baroque literature. His reputation in the world of Spanish literature is second only to that of Miguel de Cervantes, while the sheer volume of his literary output is unequalled, making him one of the most prolific authors in the history of literature. He was nicknamed "The Phoenix of Wits" and "Monster of Nature" (in es , Fénix de los Ingenios , links=no, ) by Cervantes because of his prolific nature. Lope de Vega renewed the Spanish theatre at a time when it was starting to become a mass cultural phenomenon. He defined its key characteristics, and along with Pedro Calderón de la Barca and Tirso de Molina, took Spanish Baroque theatre to its greatest heights. Because of the insight, depth and ease of his plays, he is regarded as one of the greatest dramatists in Western literature, his plays still being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomos Prys
Tomos Prys (c.1564–1634) was a Welsh soldier, sailor and poet. He was the eldest son of Ellis Price MP, of Plas Iolyn, Pentrefoelas, Denbighshire. Life He followed a seafaring life for many years, joining expeditions under both Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis Drake. In one of his poems he states that he, Captain William Myddelton and Captain Thomas Koet were the first who 'drank' (smoked) tobacco in the streets of London. He fought in the campaign in the Netherlands between 1585 and 1587 under Robert Dudley, 1st Earl of Leicester, and was also with the earl at Tilbury in the army that protected London from the Spanish Armada in 1588. He was also occupied as a buccaneer; at the end of the 16th century he bought a ship and went buccaneering on the Spanish sea routes from the Llŷn coast, having built a residence out of the ruins of the old monastery on Bardsey Island. On his death, Prys was buried at Ysbyty Ifan on 23 August 1634. Works Many details survive about Tomos's l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1576 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Henri III of France revived the Académie du Palais, and Philippe Desportes becomes one of its most active members.Weinberg, Bernard, ed., French Poetry of the Renaissance, Carbondale, Illinois: Southern Illinois University Press, Arcturus Books edition, October 1964, fifth printing, August 1974 (first printed in France in 1954), , "Phillipe Desportes" p 157 Works published France * Rémy Belleau: ** ''Les Amours et nouveaux échanges despierres précieuses'',France, Peter, editor, ''The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French'', 1993, Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, also known as ''Pierres précieuses'' poems on the image and arcane powers of precious stoneMagnusson, Magnus, general editor, ''Chambers Biographical Dictionary'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, and W & R Chambers Ltd, Edinburgh, fifth edition, 1990, ** ''Eclo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Marston (playwright)
John Marston (baptised 7 October 1576 – 25 June 1634) was an English playwright, poet and satirist during the late Elizabethan and early Jacobean periods. His career as a writer lasted only a decade. His work is remembered for its energetic and often obscure style, its contributions to the development of a distinctively Jacobean style in poetry, and its idiosyncratic vocabulary. Life Marston was born to John and Maria Marston ''née'' Guarsi, and baptised 7 October 1576, at Wardington, Oxfordshire. His father was an eminent lawyer of the Middle Temple who first argued in London and then became the counsel to Coventry and ultimately its steward. John Marston entered Brasenose College, Oxford, in 1592 and received his BA in 1594. By 1595, he was in London, living in the Middle Temple, where he had been admitted a member three years previously. He had an interest in poetry and play writing, although his father's will of 1599 expresses the hope that he would give up such vanitie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1559 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * The Catholic Church creates the first Index Librorum Prohibitorum, ("Index of Prohibited Books"). Included on the list is Pier Angelo Manzolli's ''Zodiacus Vitae'' a poem first published probably in the early 1530s. at the "Mathematics Across the Curriculum at Dartmouth College" website, retrieved May 22, 2009 2009-05-27. Works published * |
George Chapman
George Chapman (Hitchin, Hertfordshire, – London, 12 May 1634) was an English dramatist, translator and poet. He was a classical scholar whose work shows the influence of Stoicism. Chapman has been speculated to be the Rival Poet of Shakespeare's sonnets by William Minto, and as an anticipator of the metaphysical poets of the 17th century. Chapman is best remembered for his translations of Homer's ''Iliad'' and ''Odyssey'', and the Homeric ''Batrachomyomachia''. Life and work Chapman was born at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. There is conjecture that he studied at Oxford but did not take a degree, though no reliable evidence affirms this. Very little is known about Chapman's early life, but Mark Eccles uncovered records that reveal much about Chapman's difficulties and expectations. In 1585 Chapman was approached in a friendly fashion by John Wolfall Sr., who offered to supply a bond of surety for a loan to furnish Chapman money "for his proper use in Attendance upon the the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danish Poetry
Danish literature () a subset of Scandinavian literature, stretches back to the Middle Ages. The earliest preserved texts from Denmark are runic inscriptions on memorial stones and other objects, some of which contain short poems in alliterative verse. In the late 12th century Saxo Grammaticus wrote ''Gesta Danorum''. During the 16th century, the Lutheran Reformation came to Denmark. During this era, Christiern Pedersen translated the New Testament into Danish and Thomas Kingo composed hymns. Fine poetry was created in the early 17th century by Anders Arrebo (1587–1637). The challenges faced during Denmark's absolute monarchy in 1660 are chronicled in '' Jammersminde'' (Remembered Woes) by Leonora Christina of the Blue Tower. Ludvig Holberg (1684–1754), influenced by the ideas of the Enlightenment and Humanism, is considered the founder of modern Danish and Norwegian literature. Neoclassical poetry, drama, and the essay flourished during the 18th century influenced by Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1703 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Lady Mary Chudleigh, ''Poems upon Several Occasions'' * William Congreve, ''A Hymn to Harmony''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Daniel Defoe: ** ''A true collection of the writings of the author of the True Born English-man'' ** ''A Hymn to the Funeral Sermon'', published anonymously, has been attributed to Defoe ** ''More Reformation: A satyr upon himself'' * Sarah Fyge Egerton, ''Poems on Several Occasions'', prefatory verses by Susanna Centlivre * Bernard Mandeville, ''Some Fables After the Easie and Familiar Method of Monsieur de la Fontaine'', published anonymously Births Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article: * March 5 (n. s.) – Vasily Kirillovich Trediakovsky (died 1768), Russian poet * June 28 (n.s.) – John Wesle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Kingo
Thomas Hansen Kingo (15 December 1634 – 14 October 1703 Odense) was a Danish bishop, poet and hymn-writer born at Slangerup, near Copenhagen. His work marked the high point of Danish baroque poetry. His father was a weaver of modest means; the name ''Kingo'' is a shortening of the Scottish name "Kinghorn". In his youth, Kingo wrote a series of poems picturing humorous scenes in village life and a pastoral love poem, ''Chrysillis''. He studied theology at the University of Copenhagen, graduating in 1654, and for some time acted as private tutor. In 1661 he was appointed vicar to the pastor at Kirke Helsinge, and in 1668 he was ordained a minister at his native town, where his poetic activity began. At first he essayed patriotic poems, but later devoted himself almost entirely to writing hymns, and in 1674 the first part of his ''Aandelige Siunge-Koor'' ("Spiritual Song Choir") appeared; followed in 1681 by a second part. This work consists of a collection of beautiful hym ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norwegian Poetry
Norwegian literature is literature composed in Norway or by Norwegian people. The history of Norwegian literature starts with the pagan Eddaic poems and skaldic verse of the 9th and 10th centuries with poets such as Bragi Boddason and Eyvindr Skáldaspillir. The arrival of Christianity around the year 1000 brought Norway into contact with European medieval learning, hagiography and history writing. Merged with native oral tradition and Icelandic influence, this was to flower into an active period of literature production in the late 12th and early 13th centuries. Major works of that period include ''Historia Norwegie'', '' Thidreks saga'' and ''Konungs skuggsjá.'' The period from the 14th century to the 19th is considered a Dark Age in the nation's literature though Norwegian-born writers such as Peder Claussøn Friis, Dorothe Engelbretsdatter and Ludvig Holberg contributed to the common literature of Denmark–Norway. With the advent of nationalism and the struggle for indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1716 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Voltaire is exiled to Tulle. *Poet John Byrom returns to England to teach his own system of shorthand. *Edmund Curll renews his controversy with Matthew Prior, by threatening to publish the poet's works without permission. Works published * Jane Brereton, ''The Fifth Ode of the Fourth Book of Horace Imitated'' * Francis Chute, writing under the pen name "Mr. osephGay", ''The Petticoat: An heroi-comical poem'', often wrongly attributed to John Durant Breval * John Gay, '' Trivia or the Art of Walking the Streets of London'' and ''Court Poems'' * Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, ''Court Eclogues'' * ''Poems on Affairs of State, from the time of Oliver Cromwell to the abdication of K. James Second'', written by the Greatest Wits of the Age, 6th edn, including first publication of "The Duel of the Crabs" by Charles Sackville, 6th Earl of Dorset (died 1706) * Ale ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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