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John And Richard Marriot
John Marriot (died 1657) and his son Richard Marriot (died 1679) were prominent London publishers and booksellers in the seventeenth century. For a portion of their careers, the 1645–57 period, they were partners in a family business. John Marriot John Marriot maintained his London business from 1616 to 1657; his shop was at the sign of the "White Flower de Luce" in St. Dunstan's Churchyard in Fleet Street. Marriot published a wide range of books on many subjects, including the religious works that were a dominant feature of his era; John Meredith's ''The Sin of Blasphemy Against the Holy Ghost'' (1622) is only one of various possible examples. In 1618 Marriot became the publisher of the Royal College of Physicians, and published their ''Pharmacopoeia'' (1618, 1619) — though his relationship with the College would prove difficult and contentious. He published Barnabe Rich's ''The Irish Hubbub, or the English Hue and Cry'' in 1617, and John Murrell's ''A New Book of Cook ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
London
London is the capital and largest city of England and the United Kingdom, with a population of just under 9 million. It stands on the River Thames in south-east England at the head of a estuary down to the North Sea, and has been a major settlement for two millennia. The City of London, its ancient core and financial centre, was founded by the Romans as '' Londinium'' and retains its medieval boundaries.See also: Independent city § National capitals The City of Westminster, to the west of the City of London, has for centuries hosted the national government and parliament. Since the 19th century, the name "London" has also referred to the metropolis around this core, historically split between the counties of Middlesex, Essex, Surrey, Kent, and Hertfordshire, which largely comprises Greater London, governed by the Greater London Authority.The Greater London Authority consists of the Mayor of London and the London Assembly. The London Mayor is distinguished fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Countess Of Montgomery's Urania
''The Countess of Montgomery's Urania'', also known as ''Urania'', is a prose romance by English Renaissance writer Lady Mary Wroth. Composed at the beginning of the 17th century, it is the first known prose romance written by an English woman. The full work exists in two volumes, the first published in 1621 and the second written, but unpublished, during Wroth's lifetime. The novel also contains several versions of Wroth's sonnet sequence ''Pamphilia to Amphilanthus'', distributed throughout the prose and reproduced in sequence at the end of the volume. Composition The precise dates for ''Urania's'' composition are unknown, but Wroth probably began writing the first volume between 1615 and 1620. Initially, it was written for the enjoyment of Wroth's family circle, and could have been composed, in part, at the home of William Herbert, 3rd Earl of Pembroke, in London. The early manuscript of ''Urania'' may have circulated amongst Wroth's household, family, and friends as evening en ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1963 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1963. Events *January – ''Novy Mir'' publishes "Matryona's Home", the first of three more stories by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn critical of the Soviet regime. They will be the last of his works to be published in the Soviet Union until 1990. *January 2 – The Traverse Theatre opens in Edinburgh. *February – English novelist Barbara Pym submits her seventh book, '' An Unsuitable Attachment'', for publication. It is rejected by Tom Maschler at her regular publisher, Jonathan Cape, and by others. She will not have another novel published until 1977 and ''An Unsuitable Attachment'' does not appear until 1982, posthumously. *February 11 – American-born poet Sylvia Plath (age 30) commits suicide by carbon monoxide poisoning in her London flat about a month after her only novel, the semi-autobiographical ''The Bell Jar'', appears and six days after writing her last poem, "Edge". *March – The Publications ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hudibras
''Hudibras'' is a vigorous satirical poem, written in a mock-heroic style by Samuel Butler (1613–1680), and published in three parts in 1663, 1664 and 1678. The action is set in the last years of the Interregnum, around 1658–60, immediately before the restoration of Charles II as king in May 1660. The story shows Hudibras, a knight and colonel in the Parliamentary army, being regularly defeated, sometimes by the skills and courage of women, and ends with a witty and detailed declaration that women are superior to men. ''Hudibras'' is notable for its longevity: from the 1660s, it was more or less always in print, from many different publishers and editors, till the period of the First World War (see below). Apart from Byron’s masterpiece ''Don Juan'' (1819–24), there are few English verse satires of this length (over 11,000 lines) that have had such a long and influential life in print. The satire “delighted the royalists but was less an attack on the puritans than a c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samuel Butler (poet)
Samuel Butler (baptized 14 February 1613 – 25 September 1680) was an English poet and satirist. He is remembered now chiefly for a long satirical poem titled ''Hudibras''. Biography Samuel Butler was born in Strensham, Worcestershire, and was the son of a farmer and churchwarden, also named Samuel. His date of birth is unknown, but there is documentary evidence for the date of his baptism of 14 February. The date of Butler's baptism is given as 8 February by Treadway Russell Nash in his 1793 edition of ''Hudibras''. Nash had already mentioned Butler in his ''Collections for a History of Worcestershire'' (1781), and perhaps because the latter date seemed to be a revised account, it has been repeated by many writers and editors. However, The parish register of Strensham records under the year 1612: "Item was christened Samuell Butler the sonne of Samuell Butler the xiiijth of February anno ut supra". Lady Day, 25 March, was New Year's Day in England at the time, so the year o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1951 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1951. — Opening lines of ''The Catcher in the Rye'' Events *January 12 – Janie Moore, C. S. Lewis' so-called adoptive mother, dies. *March – The American writer Flannery O'Connor leaves hospital after being diagnosed with lupus at the age of 25. *March 12 – Hank Ketcham's U.S. '' Dennis the Menace'' appears for the first time in 16 United States newspapers. *March 17 – The homonymous U.K. '' Dennis the Menace'' comic strip first appears in the children's comic ''The Beano''. *Spring – Arthur C. Clarke's short story " The Sentinel", which will form a basis for the film '' 2001: A Space Odyssey'' (1968) and a subsequent novel, is published as "Sentinel of Eternity" in the only issue ever produced of the American science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine ''10 Story Fantasy''. *May – Joe Orton enters the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where he meets his lover and ultimate murderer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edward Sparke
Edward Sparke (c. 1610/11 - 1692) was an orthodox Anglican English clergyman and devotional writer in prose and poetry, who despite being ejected from his living during the English Rebellion survived to see his work and teaching gain a wide currency during the Restoration period. He is most remembered as the author of ''Scintilla Altaris'', first published in 1652. It was a major influence in re-establishing the Anglican liturgical calendar. Life A native of Kent, he was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, graduating B.A. 1630, M.A. 1633, and B.D. 1640. He was incorporated at Oxford on 12 July 1653 and later obtained D.D. At the removal or deprivation of the previous incumbent, he was presented to the rectory of St Martin, Ironmonger Lane (St Martin Pomeroy), London, 28 September 1639.R. Newcourt, ''Repertorium Ecclesiasticum Parochiale Londinense'', 2 vols (London 1708, 1710), Ipp. 410-13, especially p. 412 at note "v"(Google). At about this time he took a wife Sarah, for on 16 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inner Temple
The Honourable Society of the Inner Temple, commonly known as the Inner Temple, is one of the four Inns of Court and is a professional associations for barristers and judges. To be called to the Bar and practise as a barrister in England and Wales, a person must belong to one of these Inns. It is located in the wider Temple area, near the Royal Courts of Justice, and within the City of London. The Inn is a professional body that provides legal training, selection, and regulation for members. It is ruled by a governing council called "Parliament", made up of the Masters of the Bench (or "Benchers"), and led by the Treasurer, who is elected to serve a one-year term. The Temple takes its name from the Knights Templar, who originally (until their abolition in 1312) leased the land to the Temple's inhabitants (Templars). The Inner Temple was a distinct society from at least 1388, although as with all the Inns of Court its precise date of founding is not known. After a disrupted early ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1640 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1640. Events *January 21 – ''Salmacida Spolia'', a masque written by Sir William Davenant and designed by Inigo Jones, is performed at Whitehall Palace. It is the final royal masque of the Caroline era. *March 17 ( St. Patrick's Day) – Henry Burnell's play ''Landgartha'' is first performed, at the Werburgh Street Theatre in Dublin. It is one of the earliest plays from a native Irish playwright. *c. April 16 – James Shirley returns to England from Ireland. *May 4 – Theatre manager William Beeston is sent to the Marshalsea Prison for staging a play (possibly Richard Brome's ''The Court Beggar'' or his ''The Queen and Concubine'') which offends the Stuart regime. This constitutes the only repression of the theatre to occur during the reign of King Charles I. *May 28 – Pedro Calderón de la Barca joins the Catalan campaign led by the Duke of Olivares. *English Cavalier poet Richard Lovelace, se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1646 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1646. Events *March 24 – The King's Men petition Parliament for three-and-a-half years' back pay, even though the London theatres officially remained closed through the middle 1640s. No details of their activities in these years survive. *May 5 – Martin Llewellyn's drama ''The King Found at Southwell'' is performed at Oxford; it is the last stage piece presented in the city before its surrender to Parliamentary forces in the English Civil War on June 22–24. *July – John Lilburne is placed in the Tower of London for denouncing his former commander the Earl of Manchester as a traitor. *September 6 – The Biblioteca Palafoxiana is established in Puebla, Mexico, through the donation of books by Bishop Juan de Palafox y Mendoza, perhaps the earliest public library in the American colonies. *''unknown dates'' **Henry Burkhead's closet drama ''Cola's Fury, or Lirenda's Misery'', based on the Iris ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1636 In Literature
This article contains information about the literary events and publications of 1636. Events *January 31 Events Pre-1600 * 314 – Pope Sylvester I is consecrated, as successor to the late Pope Miltiades. * 1208 – The Battle of Lena takes place between King Sverker II of Sweden and his rival, Prince Eric, whose victory puts him on the t ... – The King's Men (playing company), King's Men perform Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar (play), Julius Caesar'' at St James's Palace, London.Edmund Kerchever Chambers, Chambers, E. K. ''The Elizabethan Stage.'' 4 Volumes, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1923. *February – James Shirley's tragicomedy ''The Duke's Mistress'' is performed at St James's Palace. *March 3 – A "great charter" to the University of Oxford establishes the Oxford University Press as the second of England's privileged presses. *April – Thomas Hobbes travels from Rome to Florence. *May 10 – London theatres close, and remain almost continuously closed until t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Great Duke Of Florence
''The Great Duke of Florence'' is an early Caroline era stage play, a tragicomedy written by Philip Massinger, and first published in 1636. It has been called "one of Massinger's best dramas," and "a masterpiece of dramatic construction." A play titled ''The Great Duke'' was licensed for performance by Sir Henry Herbert, the Master of the Revels, on 5 July 1627; the scholarly consensus interprets this as referring to Massinger's play. Topical allusions in the text have been read as indicating a date of authorship between October 1623 and March 1625. The play was acted by Queen Henrietta's Men at the Cockpit Theatre, and was published in quarto in 1636 by the bookseller John Marriot; Massinger dedicated the work to one of his patrons, Sir Robert Wiseman, in gratitude for his "supportment and protection." The quarto includes two commendatory poems, one by John Ford. Massinger is thought to have based his plot on the traditional story of Ethelwald and Elfrida, available to him in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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