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1691 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Richard Ames: ** ''The Female Fire-Ships: A satyr against whoring'', published anonymouslyCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''Islington-Wells; or, The Threepenny-academy'', published anonymously * Benjamin Keach, ''Spiritual Melody'' * Nahum Tate, ''Characters of Vertue and Vice'', a verse paraphrase of Joseph Hall's ''Characters of Vertues and Vices'', a 1608 prose work * Edward Ward, ''The Poet's Ramble After Riches'', published anonymously * John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, ''Poems, &c. on Several Occasions: with Valentinian, a Tragedy'', London: Printed for Jacob Tonson, posthumously publishedWeb page title"John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1647 - 1680)"at the Poetry Foundation website, retrieved April 11, 2009. 2009-05-02. Births * Seán Clárach ... [...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] |
Isaac De Benserade
Isaac de Benserade (; baptized 5 November 161310 October 1691) was a French poet. Born in Lyons-la-Forêt, Normandy, his family appears to have been connected with Richelieu, who bestowed on him a pension of 600 ''livres''. He began his literary career with the tragedy of ''Cléopâtre'' (1635), which was followed by four other pieces. On Richelieu's death, Benserade lost his pension but became more and more a favourite at court, especially with Anne of Austria. Benserade provided the words for the court ballets and was in 1674 admitted to the French Academy, where he wielded considerable influence. In 1675, he provided the quatrains to accompany the 39 hydraulic sculpture groups depicting Aesop's fables in the labyrinth of Versailles. In 1676, the failure of his ''Métamorphoses d'Ovide'' in the form of rondeaux gave a blow to his reputation but by no means destroyed his vogue with his contemporaries. Benserade may be best known for his sonnet on ''Job'' (1651). The sonnet, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Century In Literature
Events and trends * 1605–1615 – Miguel de Cervantes writes the two parts of ''Don Quixote''. * 1616: April – Death of both William Shakespeare and Miguel de Cervantes. * 1630-1651: William Bradford writes ''Of Plymouth Plantation'', journals that are considered the most authoritative account of the Pilgrims and their government. * 1660–1669 – Samuel Pepys writes his diary. * 1667–68 – Marianna Alcoforado writes her ''Letters of a Portuguese Nun''. * 1671–1696 – Madame de Sévigné writes her famous letters. * Metaphysical poets * German literature of the Baroque period New books and plays :1600 *''Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'' by William Shakespeare *''England's Helicon'' (anthology) – including work by Edmund Spenser, Michael Drayton, Thomas Lodge, Philip Sidney and others *'' Old Fortunatus'' – Thomas Dekker *''The Spanish Moor's Tragedy'' – Thomas Dekker, John Marston, and William Haughton :1601 *''Twelfth Night, or What You Will'' by William Shak ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
17th Century In Poetry
Works published Denmark * Thomas Kingo, ''Aandelige Siunge-Koor'' ("Spiritual Choirs"), hymns, some of which are still sungPreminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications Other * Alaol, ''Padmavati'', Bangladesh * Martin Opitz, ''Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey'' ("A Book of German Poetics"), Germany Births and deaths Danish poets * Anders Arrebo (1587–1637) * Anders Bording (1619–1677) * Thomas Kingo (1634–1703) * Ludvig Holberg (1684– 1754), Danish/Norwegian poet and playwright German poets * Barthold Heinrich Brockes (1680– 1747) * Paul Gerhart (1607–1676) * Andreas Gryphius ( 1616–1664) * Joachim Neander (1650–1680) * Martin Opitz (1597–1639) Norwegian poets * Petter Dass ( 1647– 1707) * Dorothe Engelbretsdatter ( 1643– 1716) * Ludvig Holberg (1684– 1754), Danish/Norwegian poet and playwright Swedis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Poetry
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in addition to, or in place of, a prosaic ostensible meaning. A poem is a literary composition, written by a poet, using this principle. Poetry has a long and varied history, evolving differentially across the globe. It dates back at least to prehistoric times with hunting poetry in Africa and to panegyric and elegiac court poetry of the empires of the Nile, Niger, and Volta River valleys. Some of the earliest written poetry in Africa occurs among the Pyramid Texts written during the 25th century BCE. The earliest surviving Western Asian epic poetry, the '' Epic of Gilgamesh'', was written in Sumerian. Early poems in the Eurasian continent evolved from folk songs such as the Chinese ''Shijing'', as well as religious hymns (the S ... [...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] |
Samuel Pordage
Samuel Pordage (1633 – c. 1691) was a 17th-century English poet. He is best known by his '' Azaria and Hushai'' (1682), a reply to John Dryden's ''Absalom and Achitophel''. Life Samuel was the eldest son of John Pordage, a clergyman from Bradfield in Berkshire, by his first wife, and was baptised at St Dionis Backchurch, London, on 29 December 1633. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School from 1644, and studied law at Lincoln's Inn. At the trial of his father ten years later he appears to have been one of the witnesses. In his title-pages he described himself as ‘of Lincoln's Inn’ and ‘a student of physick.’ He was at one time chief steward to Philip Herbert, 5th Earl of Pembroke. Roger L'Estrange attacked Pordage in the ‘Observator’ for 5 April 1682 on account of ‘A brief History of all the Papists' bloudy Persecutions,’ calling him ‘limping Pordage, a son of the famous Familist about Reading and the author of several libels,’ one against L'Estrange. ... [...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] |
1611 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Works * Richard Brathwaite, ''The Golden Fleece'' * William Byrd, ''Psalmes, Songs, and Sonnets; Some Solemne, Others Joyfull'', verse and music * George Chapman, ''The Iliads of Homer'' (see also ''Seven Bookes of the Iliades of Homere, Prince of Poets'' 1598 ontains books 1–2, 7–9 ''Achilles Shield'' 1598, ''Homer Prince of Poets'' 1609, ''Homers Odysses'' 1614, ''Twenty-four Bookes of Homers Odisses'' 1615, ''The Whole Workes of Homer'' 1616) * John Donne, ''An Anatomy of the World: Wherein, by occasion of the untimely death of Mistris Elizabeth Drury the frailty and the decay of the whole world is represented'', published anonymously; Elizabeth Drury was buried on December 17, 1610; written in hopes of securing the patronage of her father, Sir Robert Drury; in three parts: "To the Praise of the Dead and the Anatomy" (probably written by Joseph Hall, la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathias Balen
Mathias or Matthijs Jansz. Balen (born 1 October 1611 in Dordrecht; died 1691) was a Dutch historian. Biography He first distinguished himself as a poet, but afterwards applied himself to historical researches, and in 1677 published a description of Dordrecht in two volumes, which is full of valuable matter. He died shortly after its publication. In his book, he lists most of the regents of the various guilds and other organizations in the town, including local painters and poets, among them Margaretha van Godewijk, who wrote a poem for his book.Margarita Godewyk Biography in ''De groote schouburgh der Nederlantsche konstschilders en schilderessen'' (1718) by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1613 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *English poet Francis Quarles attends on the newly-married Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. Works published Great Britain * Nicholas Breton, anonymously published, ''The Uncasing of Machivils Instructions to his Sonne''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, *William Drummond of Hawthornden, ''Tears on the Death of Moeliades'' * Henry Parrot, ''Laquei Ridiculosi; or, Springes for Woodcocks'' * George Wither: ** ''Abuses Stript, and Whipt; or, Satirical Essayes'' ** ''Epithalamia; or, Nuptiall Poems'', the work states "1612" but was published this year * Richard Zouch, ''The Dove; or, Passages of Cosmography'' On the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales in 1612 ''See also 1612 in poetry'' The November 6, 1612 death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, at age 18, occasions th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sufi
Sufism ( ar, ''aṣ-ṣūfiyya''), also known as Tasawwuf ( ''at-taṣawwuf''), is a mystic body of religious practice, found mainly within Sunni Islam but also within Shia Islam, which is characterized by a focus on Islamic spirituality, ritualism, asceticism and esotericism. It has been variously defined as "Islamic mysticism",Martin Lings, ''What is Sufism?'' (Lahore: Suhail Academy, 2005; first imp. 1983, second imp. 1999), p.15 "the mystical expression of Islamic faith", "the inward dimension of Islam", "the phenomenon of mysticism within Islam", the "main manifestation and the most important and central crystallization" of mystical practice in Islam, and "the interiorization and intensification of Islamic faith and practice". Practitioners of Sufism are referred to as "Sufis" (from , ), and historically typically belonged to "orders" known as (pl. ) – congregations formed around a grand who would be the last in a chain of successive teachers linking back to Muha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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