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1622 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events Works published Great Britain * Robert Aylet: ** ''Peace with Her Foure Garders: Five morall meditations''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''Thrifts Equipage: Five divine and morall meditations'' * Sir John Davies, ''Nosce Teipsum'' (see also ''Nosce Teipsum'' 1599, 1619) * Michael Drayton, ''The Second Part, or a Continuance of Poly-Olbion from the Eighteenth Song'' (see ''Poly-Olbion'', Part 1, 1612) * John Hagthorpe, ''Divine Meditations, and Elegies'' * Patrick Hannay, ''The Nightingale, Sheretine and Mariana. A Happy Husband. Eligies on the Death of Queene Anne. Songs and Sonnets.'' (''A Happy Husband'' first published separately in 1619 with Richard Brathwait's ''Description of a Good Wife''; ''Elegies on Queene Anne'' also published separately in 1619) * Abraham ... [...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 and English, though some is in 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, 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 to a wide range of diversity, from the poets of the Northern school t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Wither
George Wither (11 June 1588 O.S. (21 June 1588 NS) – 2 May 1667 O.S. (12 May 1667 NS)) was a prolific English poet, pamphleteer, satirist and writer of hymns. Wither's long life spanned one of the most tumultuous periods in the history of England, during the reigns of Elizabeth I, James I, and Charles I, the Civil War, the Parliamentary period and the Restoration period. Biography Early life Wither was born in Bentworth, near Alton, in the heart of Hampshire, the son of George Wither Senior of that place and his wife, Mary, who was possibly from the family of Hunt. His grandfather, Richard Wither, lived at Manydown in Wootton St Lawrence, where the family had resided since at least 1344. His early schooling took place under Rev. John Greaves, the father of John, Sir Edward and Thomas Greaves. Between the ages of fifteen and seventeen he studied at Magdalen College, Oxford. Despite his neighbors' advice that his father put him to some mechanic trade, he was sent to one ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alessandro Tassoni
Alessandro Tassoni (28 September 156525 April 1635) was an Italian poet and writer, from Modena, best known as the author of the mock-heroic poem '' La secchia rapita'' (''The Rape of the Pail'', or ''The stolen bucket''). Life He was born in Modena, to a noble family, from Bernardino Tassoni and Sigismonda Pellicciari. Having lost both parents at an early age, he was raised by the maternal grandfather, Giovanni Pellicciari. It was with Giovanni that, according to tradition, he first visited the bucket, which was later to inspire his major work, in the belfry of Modena's Cathedral. At the age of 13, Alessandro Tassoni was taught Greek and Latin by Lazzaro Labadini, a professor of Literature at the University. He then became a law student, attending university in Modena, then in Bologna, Pisa and Ferrara, where he eventually graduated. He appears to have been a rowdy youth, living for some time in Nonantola, from where he was expelled in 1595, due to several incidents in whi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cambodian Literature
Cambodian literature ( km, អក្សរសាស្ត្រខ្មែរ, ), also Khmer literature, has a very ancient origin. Like most Southeast Asian national literatures its traditional corpus has two distinct aspects or levels: *The written literature, mostly restricted to the royal courts or the Buddhist monasteries. *The oral literature, which is based on local folklore. It is heavily influenced by Buddhism, the predominant religion, as well as by the Hindu epics Ramayana and Mahabharata. Ancient stone inscriptions A testimony of the antiquity of the Khmer language are the multitude of epigraphic inscriptions on stone. The first written proof that has allowed the history of the Khmer Empire to be reconstructed are those inscriptions. These writings on columns, stelae and walls throw light on the royal lineages, religious edicts, territorial conquests and internal organization of the kingdom. Buddhist texts Following the stone inscriptions, some of the oldest ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Poem Of Angkor Wat
''The Poem of Angkor Wat'' (ល្បើកអង្គរវត្ត ''Lpoek Angkor Vat or Lbaeuk Ângkôr Vôtt''), is a Khmer poem which dates from the beginning of the 17th century. It celebrates the magnificent temple complex at Angkor and describes the ''bas-reliefs'' in the temple galleries that portray the ''Reamker''. ''The Poem of Angkor Wat'' is considered to be the earliest original literary work in Khmer language. It is one of the two great epic poems of Cambodia with the ''Reamker'' in the style of the Indian epic poetry. Summary ''The Poem of Angkor Wat'' is the story of a certain prince Ketumala, son in a previous existence to the god Indra, who cannot stay in the gods' realm because his human smell is unbearable to the ''devata.'' Out of compassion for his exiled son, Indra sends his personal architect, Preah Pisnukar (or Braḥ Bisṇukār, Vishvakarman) to the earth to build a palace for Ketumala in the human realm. Preah Pisnukar supervises and organizes s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Language
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the '' Organisation internationale de la Francopho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1577 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * December 4 – John of the Cross (Juan de Yepes) is imprisoned in Toledo, Spain. During his imprisonment he composes his Spiritual Canticle (''Cántico Espiritual''). Works published Great Britain * Nicholas Breton: ** ''The Works of a Young Wit''Cox, Michael, editor, ''The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature'', Oxford University Press, 2004, ** ''A Flourish upon Fancy'' * John Grange, ''The Golden Aphroditis'', poetry and prose Other * Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France * Guillaume Du Bartas, ''La Semaine, ou Création du Monde,'' France * Eoghan O'Duffy, tr. by John O'Daly (1864), ''The Apostasy of Myler Magrath, Archbishop of Cashel'', Cashel, County Tipperary. Composed as Irish bardic poetry in 1577. Vivian Mercier (1962), ''The Irish Comic Tradition'', Oxford University Press. Pages 138-139. Birth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spanish Poetry
This article concerns poetry in Spain. Medieval Spain The Medieval period covers 400 years of different poetry texts and can be broken up into five categories. Primitive lyrics Since the findings of the Kharjas, which are mainly two, three, or four verses, Spanish lyrics, which are written in Mozarabic dialect, are perhaps the oldest of Romance Europe. The Mozarabic dialect has Latin origins with a combination of Arabic and Hebrew fonts. The epic Many parts of '' Cantar de Mio Cid'', '' Cantar de Roncesvalles'', and '' Mocedades de Rodrigo'' are part of the epic. The exact portion of each of these works is disputed among scholars. The Minstrels, over the course of the 12th to the 14th centuries, were driving force of this movement. The Spanish epic likely emanated from France. There are also indications of Arabic and Visigoth. It is usually written in series of seven to eight syllables within rhyming verse. Mester de clerecía The cuaderna vía is the most distinctive ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spiritual Canticle
''The Spiritual Canticle'' (), is one of the poetic works of the Spanish mystical poet Saint John of the Cross. Saint John of the Cross, a Carmelite friar and priest during the Counter-Reformation was arrested and jailed by the Calced Carmelites in 1577 at the Carmelite Monastery of Toledo because of his close association with Saint Teresa of Avila in the Discalced Carmelite reforms. He remained imprisoned for nine months in a cell, in bad conditions that caused him much suffering. He memorized, in the absence of the means to write them down, a thirty-one-stanza version of the Canticle. Some years later, after 1582, he wrote down the last stanzas in Baeza and Granada, the last five ones after a conversation with a nun, sister Francisca de la Madre de Dios. Ana de Jesús asked him to write a comment to his poem, which he did in 1584. It was just Ana de Jesús who after being expelled from Spain took the poem with her, and finally it was published in Paris 1622, but in a French ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1591 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * February 25 – English Queen Elizabeth I awards Edmund Spenser a pension of 50 pounds per year for lifeHadfield, Andrew''The Cambridge Companion to Spenser'' "Chronology", Cambridge University Press, 2001, , p xix, retrieved via Google Books, September 24, 2009 (see Spenser's ''Complaints'', in "Works" section below) Works published Great Britain * Nicholas Breton, ''Brittons Bowre of Delights'' * Thomas Campion, ''Astrophel and Stella'' Lucie-Smith, Edward, ''Penguin Book of Elizabethan Verse'', 1965, Harmondsworth, Middlesex, United Kingdom: Penguin Books * Michael Drayton, ''The Harmonie of the Church'' (republished 1610 under the title ''A Heavenly Harmonie'') * Abraham Fraunce: ** ''The Countesse of Pembrokes Emanuel'' ** ''The Countesse of Pembrokes Yvychurch'', Part 1 adapted from Torquato Tasso's ''Aminta''; Part 2 a revision of Fraunce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Of The Cross
John of the Cross, OCD ( es, link=no, Juan de la Cruz; la, Ioannes a Cruce; born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez; 24 June 1542 – 14 December 1591) was a Spanish Catholic priest, mystic, and a Carmelite friar of converso origin. He is a major figure of the Counter-Reformation in Spain, and he is one of the thirty-seven Doctors of the Church. John of the Cross is known for his writings. He was mentored by and corresponded with the older Carmelite, Teresa of Ávila. Both his poetry and his studies on the development of the soul are considered the summit of mystical Spanish literature and among the greatest works of all Spanish literature. He was canonized by Pope Benedict XIII in 1726. In 1926, he was declared a Doctor of the Church by Pope Pius XI, and is also known as the "mystical doctor". Life Early life and education He was born Juan de Yepes y Álvarez at Fontiveros, Old Castile into a converso family (descendants of Jewish converts to Catholicism) in Fontiveros, ne ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
