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List Of Early-modern British Women Poets
This is an alphabetical list of female poets who were active in England and Wales, and the Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland before approximately 1800. ''Nota bene'': Authors of poetry are the focus of this list, though many of these writers worked in more than one genre. Poets A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P R S T V W Y See also Notes Resources *Blain, Virginia, et al., eds. ''The Feminist Companion to Literature in English''. New Haven and London: Yale UP, 1990. (Internet Archive) *Buck, Claire, ed.''The Bloomsbury Guide to Women's Literature''. Prentice Hall, 1992. (Internet Archive) *Greer, Germaine, ed. ''Kissing the Rod: an anthology of seventeenth-century women's verse''. Farrar Straus Giroux, 1988. * Lonsdale, Roger ed. '' Eighteenth Century Women Poets: An Oxford Anthology''. New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. *Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'. Oxford: OUP, 2004. *Robertson, Fiona, ed. ''Women's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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1742 In Poetry
:::::::— Edward Young, ''Night Thoughts'', "Night 1" Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Jonathan Swift suffers what appears to have been a stroke, losing the ability to speak and realizing his worst fears of becoming mentally disabled. ("I shall be like that tree," he once said, "I shall die at the top.") To protect him from unscrupulous hangers on, who had begun to prey on him, Swift's closest companions had him declared of "unsound mind and memory." Works published * William Collins, ''Persian Eclogues'', published anonymously; supposedly a translation (see also second edition, titled ''Oriental Eclogues'', 1757) * Thomas Cooke, ''Mr. Cooke's Original Poems'' * Philip Francis, translator, ''The Odes, Epodes, and Carmen Seculare of Horace'', very popular translation, published this year in Dublin (republished in 1743 in London; two more volumes, ''The Satires of Horace'' and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katherine Austen
Katherine Austen (née Wilson; 1629 – ca. 1683) was a British diarist and poet best known for ''Book M'', her manuscript collection of meditations, journal entries, and verse. She also wrote the country-house poem, "On the Situation of Highbury" (1665). Personal life Early life Katherine Wilson was one of at least seven children born to Katherine Wilson (née Rudd; d. 1648) and her husband Robert Wilson (d. 1639), a draper. After her father's death, her mother remarried John Highlord, an Alderman of the City of London and a Committee member of the East India Company, thereby raising the family's status. Austen lived in London through the period of the Civil War and Restoration. She married Thomas Austen (1622–1658), barrister, also from a wealthy family, on 10 July 1645. Her husband would seem to have shared her social ambitions; however, he died at the age of thirty-six in 1658 and left Katherine, under the age of thirty, with three young children and the complicated ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1658 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 Billingsley, ''Kosmobrephia; or, The Infancy of the World'', mostly poetry * Richard Brathwaite, ''The Honest Ghost; or, A Voice from the Vault'', published anonymously, mostly poetry * Sir Aston Cockayne, ''Small Poems of Divers Sorts'' (see also ''Poems'' 1662) * Henry Lawes, ''Ayres, and Dialogues, for One, Two, and Three Voyces'', verse and music (see also ''Ayres and Dialogues'' 1653, ''The Second Book of Ayres and Dialogues'' 1655) * Georg Stiernhielm, ''Hercules'', the first hexametrical poem in Swedish * Edmund Waller and Sidney Godolphin, translators, ''The Passion of Dido for Aneas'', translated from the Latin of Virgil's ''Aeneid'' Births Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article: * Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough (died 1735), English Deaths Birth years link to the corresponding "e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Penelope Aubin
Penelope Aubin (c. 1679 – 1738?) was an English novelist, poet, and translator. She published seven novels between 1721 and 1728. Aubin published poetry in 1707 and turned to novels in 1721; she translated French works in the 1720s, spoke publicly on moral and political issues at her Lady's Oratory in 1729, and wrote a play in 1730. Aubin died in April 1738, survived by her husband until his death in April 1740. After the author's death, her works were gathered and published as ''A Collection of Entertaining Histories and Novels, Designed to Promote the Cause of Virtue and Honor''. Aubin's works have a long history after her death, being both plagiarised and published transatlantically. She is one of a number of eighteenth-century women writers whose works and biography is being more rigorously explored by modern scholars. Early life Penelope Aubin née Charleton's exact birth date remains unknown; she was the illegitimate daughter of Sir Richard Temple of Stowe and most likely ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1731 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * January 1 – ''The Gentleman's Magazine'' is started and edited by Edward Cave ("Sylvanus Urban") in London. Published monthly through September, it will continue into the 20th century. * October 23 – Fire at Ashburnham House in London damages the nationally-owned Cotton library, housed here at this time. The original manuscript of the Old English ''The Battle of Maldon'' is destroyed; the unique manuscript of ''Beowulf'' is damaged but saved. Works published Colonial America * Ebenezer Cooke, attributed, ''The Maryland Muse'', a collection, including "The History of Colonel Nathaniel Bacon's Rebellion"Burt, Daniel S.''The Chronology of American Literature: America's literary achievements from the colonial era to modern times'' Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2004, , retrieved via Google Books. * Richard Lewis, ''Food for Criticks'', criticizi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1666 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * In Denmark, Anders Bording begins publishing ''Den Danske Meercurius'' ("The Danish Mercury"), a monthly newspaper in rhyme, using alexandrine verse, single-handedly published by the author from this year to 1677Preminger, Alex and T. V. F. Brogan, et al., ''The New Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics'', 1993. New York: MJF Books/Fine Communications Works published * George Alsop, ''A Character of the Province of Maryland'', English Colonial AmericanLudwig, Richard M., and Clifford A. Nault, Jr., ''Annals of American Literature: 1602–1983'', 1986, New York: Oxford University Press * Edmund Waller, ''Instructions to a Painter'' (the first 64 lines had been published anonymously on a single sheet in 1665)Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * George Wither, ''Sigh f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Astell
Mary Astell (12 November 1666 – 11 May 1731) was an English protofeminist writer, philosopher, and rhetorician. Her advocacy of equal educational opportunities for women has earned her the title "the first English feminist."Batchelor, Jennie,Mary Astell. ''The Literary Encyclopedia''. 21 March 2002. Accessed 6 July 2008. Early life Few records of Mary Astell's life have survived. As biographer Ruth Perry explains: "as a woman she had little or no business in the world of commerce, politics, or law. She was born, she died; she owned a small house for some years; she kept a bank account; she helped to open a charity school in Chelsea: these facts the public listings can supply." Only four of her letters were saved and these because they had been written to important men of the period. Researching the biography, Perry uncovered more letters and manuscript fragments, but she notes that if Astell had not written to wealthy aristocrats who could afford to pass down entire estate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1546 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * After meeting with Jacques Peletier du Mans, Joachim du Bellay decides to go to Paris, where he meets Pierre de Ronsard and Jean-Antoine de Baïf, who were studying Greek and Latin under Jean Daurat, also a poet. Works published * Luigi Alamanni, ''La Coltivazione'', didactic poem written in imitation of Virgil's Georgics, Italian writer published in Paris, France * Ludovico Ariosto, ''Le Rime di M. Ludovico Ariosto'', edited by Iacopo Coppa Modanese; ItalyMarrone, Gaetana''Encyclopedia of Italian Literary Studies'' "Ludovico Ariosto" article by Dennis Looney, p 86, "Selected Works" section, retrieved August 7, 2010 * John Heywood, ; Great BritainCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, Births Death years link to the corresponding "earin poetry" article: * Philippe Desportes (die ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1521 In Poetry
::''Her lothly lere'' nwanted complexion:''Is nothing clear,'' :''But ugly of cheer,'' :''Droopy and drowsy,'' :''Scurvy and lousy;'' :''Her face all bowsy'' loated by drink:''Comely crinkled,'' :''Wondersly wrinkled,'' :''Like a roast pig's ear,'' :''Bristled with hear.'' air -- Lines 12-21, "The Tunnyng of Elynour Rummyng" by John Skelton. The poem is thought to have been first published this year. Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published * Anonymous, ("A Book of a Ghostly Father"),Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, London: Wynkyn de WordeWeb page title"Academic Text Service (ATS)/ Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: / Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603" at Stanford University library website, retrieved September 8, 2009. 2009-09-11. 1520 has also been suggested as the most likely year of publicatio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anne Askew
Anne Askew (sometimes spelled Ayscough or Ascue) married name Anne Kyme, (152116 July 1546) was an English writer, poet, and Anabaptist preacher who was condemned as a heretic during the reign of Henry VIII of England. She and Margaret Cheyne are the only women on record known to have been both tortured in the Tower of London and burnt at the stake. She is also one of the earliest known female poets to compose in the English language. Biography Anne Askew was born in 1521 in Lincolnshire, England, to Sir William Askew, a wealthy landowner, and Elizabeth Wrotessley, of Reading, Berkshire. Her father was a gentleman in the court of King Henry VIII, as well as a juror in the trial of Anne Boleyn's co-accused. She was the fourth of five children, which included her brothers Francis, Edward and sisters Martha and Jane. She also had two stepbrothers, Christopher and Thomas, by her father's second wife Elizabeth Hutton. She was also related to Robert Aske, who led the Pilgri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1779 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish poetry, Irish or French poetry, France). Events * Phillis Wheatley advertises six times in the ''Boston Evening Post & General Advertiser'' for subscribers to a volume of poetry she proposes to publish, but the volume never appears, apparently for lack of support; American poetry, United StatesGates, Henry Louis Jr. (2003). The Trials of Phillis Wheatley: America's First Black Poet and Her Encounters With the Founding Fathers, New York: Basic Civitas Books. , p 68 Works published English poetry, United Kingdom * William Cowper and John Newton, ''Olney Hymns'', 66 by Cowper (marked "C" to distinguish them from Newtown's), another 282 by Newton; the work was popular, with many editions publishedCox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Robert Fergusson, ''Poems on Various Subjects'', Part 2 of ''Poems'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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