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1598 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 Works published English poetry, England *Richard Barnfield: ** ''The Encomium of Lady Pecunia; or, The Praise of Money''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''Poems in Divers Humours''Edward Lucie-Smith, Lucie-Smith, Edward, ''Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse'', 1965, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Penguin Books * Nicholas Breton, ''A Solemne Passion of the Soules Love'' * Richard Carew (antiquary), Richard Carew, published anonymously, ''A Herrings Tale'' * George Chapman: ** ''Seven Bookes of the Iliades of Homere, Prince of Poets'', contains books 1–2, 7–9 (see also ''Achilles Shield'' 1598, ''Homer Prince of Poets'' 1609 in poetry, 1609, ''The Iliads of Homer'' 1611 in poetry, 1611, ''Homers Odysses'' 1614 in poetry, 16 ... [...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 vanit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Astrophel And Stella
''Astrophil and Stella'' is an English sonnet sequence by Philip Sidney containing 108 sonnets and 11 songs, probably composed in the 1580s. The name derives from the two Greek words, 'aster' (star) and 'phil' (lover), and the Latin word 'stella' meaning star. Thus Astrophil is the star lover, and Stella is his star. Sidney partly nativized the key features of his Italian model Petrarch, including an ongoing but partly obscure narrative, the philosophical trappings of the poet in relation to love and desire, and musings on the art of poetic creation. Sidney also adopts the Petrarchan rhyme scheme, though he uses it with such freedom that fifteen variants are employed. Some have suggested that the love represented in the sequence may be a literal one as Sidney evidently connects Astrophil to himself and Stella to Lady Penelope, thought to be Penelope Devereux (1563–1607), later Lady Rich, the wife of Robert Rich, 3rd Baronet. Sidney and Lady Penelope had been betrothed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Phoenix 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 timeBritish 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 Containe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Countess Of Pembroke's Arcadia
''The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia'', also known simply as the ''Arcadia'', is a long prose pastoral romance by Sir Philip Sidney written towards the end of the 16th century. Having finished one version of his text, Sidney later significantly expanded and revised his work. Scholars today often refer to these two major versions as the ''Old Arcadia'' and the ''New Arcadia''. The ''Arcadia'' is Sidney's most ambitious literary work by far, and as significant in its own way as his sonnets. Composition and publication Sidney's ''Arcadia'' has a history that is unusually complex even for its time. The ''Old Arcadia'' Sidney may have begun an early draft in the late 1570s, when he was in his twenties. His own comments indicate that his purpose was humble; he asserts that he intended only to entertain his sister, Mary Herbert (Countess of Pembroke from 1577). This version is narrated in chronological order, with sets of poems separating the books from each other. It seems likely th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philip Sidney
Sir Philip Sidney (30 November 1554 – 17 October 1586) was an English poet, courtier, scholar and soldier who is remembered as one of the most prominent figures of the Elizabethan era, Elizabethan age. His works include a sonnet sequence, ''Astrophil and Stella'', a treatise, ''An Apology for Poetry, The Defence of Poesy'' (also known as ''The Defence of Poesie'' or ''An Apology for Poetrie'') and a Pastoral#Pastoral romances, pastoral romance, ''The Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia''. He died fighting the Spanish in the Netherlands, age 31, and his funeral procession in London was one of the most lavish ever seen. Biography Early life Born at Penshurst Place, Kent, England, Kent, of an aristocratic family, he was educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford. He was the eldest son of Henry Sidney, Sir Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley, Lady Sidney, Lady Mary Dudley. His mother was the eldest daughter of John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland, and the sister of Robert Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Rous
Francis Rous, also spelled Rouse (c. 1581 to 1659), was an English politician and Puritan religious author, who was Provost of Eton from 1644 to 1659, and briefly Speaker of the House of Commons in 1653. Stepbrother of Parliamentary leader John Pym, he joined him in opposing Arminianism in the Church of England, and played a leading role in the impeachment of Archbishop Laud. When the First English Civil War began in 1642, he supported the 1643 Solemn League and Covenant, and was appointed to the Westminster Assembly. Under the Protectorate, he moved away from his Presbyterian colleagues, becoming closer to the religious Independents, and Oliver Cromwell. He died in January 1659, and was buried in Eton College Chapel. Biography Francis Rous was born at Dittisham in Devon around 1581, fourth son of Sir Anthony Rous (ca 1555-1620), and his first wife, Elizabeth Southcote (1547–1585). His father remarried Philippa Colles (died 1620), mother of John Pym; his stepbrother ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1604 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works Great Britain * Sir William Alexander: ** ''Aurora''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''A Paraenesis to the Prince'' (to Henry, Prince of Wales) * Thomas Bateson, ''Cantus'' (the first English madrigals) * Nicholas Breton, ''The Passionate Shepheard; or, The Shepheardes Love'', written under the pen name "Bonerto" * Thomas Churchyard, ''Churchyards Good Will'', on the death of John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury * John Cooke, ''Epigrames'' * Thomas Dekker, ''Newes from Graves-end: Sent to Nobody'', published anonymously * Michael Drayton: ** ''Moyses in a Map of his Miracles'' ** ''The Owle'' ** ''A Paean Triumphall'' * Samuel Rowlands, ''Looke to it: for, Ile Stabbe Ye'' * Anthony Skoloker, ''Daiphantus, or the Passions of Love'' Other * Bernardo de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1599 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Samuel Daniel becomes poet laureate in England this year (on his death in 1619 he is succeeded by Ben Jonson) Works published * Robert Allott, ''Wits Theater of the Little World'' (third in the "Wits Series"; see also Ling's ''Politeuphuia'' 1597; Meres' ''Palladis Tamia'' 1598; Wrednot, ''Palladis Palatium'' 1604)Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, * Nicholas Breton, ''The Passions of the Spirit'', published anonymously * Thomas Churchyard, ''The Fortunate Farewel to the Most Forward and Noble Earle of Essex'' * Samuel Daniel, ''The Poeticall Essayes of Sam. Danyel'', including ''The Civiill Wars'' in five books (see also ''The First Fowre Bookes'' 1595, ''Works'' ix books1601; ''Civile Wares'' ight books1609) *Sir John Davies: ** ''Hymnes of Astraea, in Acrosticke ... [...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 Solomon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shakespeare's Sonnets
William Shakespeare (1565 –1616) wrote sonnets on a variety of themes. When discussing or referring to Shakespeare's sonnets, it is almost always a reference to the 154 sonnets that were first published all together in a quarto in 1609. However, there are six additional sonnets that Shakespeare wrote and included in the plays ''Romeo and Juliet'', ''Henry V (play), Henry V'' and ''Love's Labour's Lost''. There is also a partial sonnet found in the play ''Edward III (play), Edward III''. Context Shakespeare's sonnets are considered a continuation of the sonnet tradition that swept through the Renaissance from Petrarch in 14th-century Italy and was finally introduced in 16th-century England by Thomas Wyatt (poet), Thomas Wyatt and was given its rhyming metre and division into quatrains by Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, Henry Howard. With few exceptions, Shakespeare's sonnets observe the stylistic form of the English sonnet—the rhyme scheme, the 14 lines, and the Metre (poetry) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare ( 23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor. He is widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of River Avon, Warwickshire, Avon" or simply "the Bard". His extant works, including William Shakespeare's collaborations, collaborations, consist of some Shakespeare's plays, 39 plays, Shakespeare's sonnets, 154 sonnets, three long narrative poems and a few other verses, some of uncertain authorship. His plays List of translations of works by William Shakespeare, have been translated into every major modern language, living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright. Shakespeare remains arguably the most influential writer in the English language, and his works continue to be studied and reinterpreted. Shakespeare was born and raised in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire. At the age of 18 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
