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Irish poetry
The history of Irish poetry includes the poetries of two languages, one in Irish and the other in English. The complex interplay between these two traditions, and between both of them and other poetries in English, has produced a body of work that is both rich in variety and difficult to...
or France
French poetry
French poetry is a category of French literature. It may include Francophone poetry composed outside France and poetry written in other languages of France.-French prosody and poetics:...
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Events
- William WinstanleyWilliam WinstanleyWilliam Winstanley was an English poet and compiler of biographies.-Life:Born about 1628, William Winstanley was the second son of William Winstanley of Quendon, Essex, by his wife Elizabeth. Henry Winstanley was his nephew. William was sworn in as a freeman of Saffron Walden on 21 April 1649. He...
publishes the Lives of the most famous English poets from which biographical data on a number of poets can be obtained
Great BritainEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
- John CuttsJohn Cutts, 1st Baron CuttsLieutenant-General John Cutts, 1st Baron Cutts PC , British soldier and author, came from an Essex family.After a short university career at Catharine Hall, Cambridge, he inherited the family estates, but showed a distinct preference for the life of court and camp...
, (later Baron Cutts), Poetical Exercises written on several occasions, published anonymously - John DrydenJohn DrydenJohn Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...
:- The Hind and the PantherThe Hind and the PantherThe Hind and the Panther: A Poem, in Three Parts is an allegory in heroic couplets by John Dryden. At some 2600 lines it is much the longest of Dryden's poems, translations excepted, and perhaps the most controversial...
, published anonymously (see also the work by Matthew Prior and Charles Montagu, below) - A Song for St. Cecilia's Day
- The Hind and the Panther
- Thomas D'UrfeyThomas d'UrfeyThomas D'Urfey was an English writer and wit. He composed plays, songs, and poetry, in addition to writing jokes. He was an important innovator and contributor in the evolution of the Ballad opera....
, A Compleat Collection of Mr D'Urfey's Songs and Odes - John Norris, A Collection of Miscellanies, prose and poetry
- Matthew PriorMatthew PriorMatthew Prior was an English poet and diplomat.Prior was the son of a Nonconformist joiner at Wimborne Minster, East Dorset. His father moved to London, and sent him to Westminster School, under Dr. Busby. On his father's death, he left school, and was cared for by his uncle, a vintner in Channel...
and Charles MontaguCharles Montagu, 1st Earl of HalifaxCharles Montagu, 1st Earl of Halifax, KG, PC, FRS was an English poet and statesman.-Early life:Charles Montagu was born in Horton, Northamptonshire, the son of George Montagu, fifth son of 1st Earl of Manchester...
, The Hind and the Panther Transvers'd to the Story of the Country-Mouse and the City-Mouse, published anonymously, a burlesque of John DrydenJohn DrydenJohn Dryden was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.Walter Scott called him "Glorious John." He was made Poet...
's The Hind and the Panther (see above) - Thomas ShadwellThomas ShadwellThomas Shadwell was an English poet and playwright who was appointed poet laureate in 1689.-Life:Shadwell was born at Stanton Hall, Norfolk, and educated at Bury St Edmunds School, and at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, which he entered in 1656. He left the university without a degree, and...
, translator, The Tenth Satyr of JuvenalJuvenalThe Satires are a collection of satirical poems by the Latin author Juvenal written in the late 1st and early 2nd centuries AD.Juvenal is credited with sixteen known poems divided among five books; all are in the Roman genre of satire, which, at its most basic in the time of the author, comprised a...
, with English and LatinLatin poetryThe history of Latin poetry can be understood as the adaptation of Greek models. The verse comedies of Plautus are the earliest Latin literature that has survived, composed around 205-184 BC, yet the start of Latin literature is conventionally dated to the first performance of a play in verse by a...
on facing pages
Other
- John Cotton II, Poem Occasioned by the Death of [...] John Alden, English Colonial American (Massachusetts)
- Benjamin HarrisBenjamin Harris (publisher)Benjamin Harris an English publisher, a figure of the Popish Plot in England who then moved to New England as an early journalist...
, compiler, The New England Primer, English Colonial American
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Henry CareyHenry Carey (writer)Henry Carey was an English poet, dramatist and song-writer. He is remembered as an anti-Walpolean satirist and also as a patriot. Several of his melodies continue to be sung today, and he was widely praised in the generation after his death...
(died 17431743 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Robert Blair, The Grave a work representative of the Graveyard poets movement* Samuel Boyse, Albion's Triumph...
), English poet, dramatist and song-writer - Mary ChandlerMary ChandlerMary Chandler was an English poet. George Crabb writes that she left several poems, ‘the most esteemed of which was her “Bath”’.-Life:...
(died 17451745 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* With the death of Jonathan Swift, the age of Augustan poetry ends at about this time.* End of the Scriblerus Club-Works published:...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
; she left several poems - Paolo Antonio RolliPaolo Antonio RolliPaolo Antonio Rolli was an Italian librettist and poet.He was born in Rome, Italy and like Metastasio was trained by Gian Vincenzo Gravina. He worked in London from 1715 to 1744 where he became Italian tutor to the prince of Wales and the Royal Princesses...
(died 17651765 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Benjamin Church, "The Times", English, Colonial America* James Beattie:** The Judgment of Paris...
), Italian librettistLibrettoA libretto is the text used in an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata, or musical. The term "libretto" is also sometimes used to refer to the text of major liturgical works, such as mass, requiem, and sacred cantata, or even the story line of a...
and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Charles CottonCharles CottonCharles Cotton was an English poet and writer, best known for translating the work of Michel de Montaigne from the French, for his contributions to The Compleat Angler, and for the highly influential The Compleat Gamester which has been attributed to him.-Early life:He was born at Beresford Hall...
(born 16301630 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* William Davenant, Ieffereidos...
), English poet and writer - Sor Marcela de San FelixSor Marcela de San FelixMarcela de San Felix was a nun who worked as a prelate, a teacher to novices, and housekeeper among several other jobs. However, Sor Marcela was also a poet, an actress as well as a dramatist....
(born 16051605 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Nicholas Breton:** The Honour of Valour** The Soules Immortall Crowne...
), daughter of Lope de VegaLope de VegaFélix Arturo Lope de Vega y Carpio was a Spanish playwright and poet. He was one of the key figures in the Spanish Golden Century Baroque literature...
, SpanishSpanish poetrySpanish poetry is the poetic tradition of Spain. It may include elements of Spanish literature, and literatures written in languages of Spain other than Castilian, such as Catalan literature.... - Constantijn HuygensConstantijn HuygensConstantijn Huygens , was a Dutch Golden Age poet and composer. He was secretary to two Princes of Orange: Frederick Henry and William II, and the father of the scientist Christiaan Huygens.-Biography:...
(born 15961596 in poetry— From Sir John Harington, A New Discourse of a Stale Subject, called the Metamorphosis of AjaxNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published in English:...
), Dutch poet and composer - Henry MoreHenry MoreHenry More FRS was an English philosopher of the Cambridge Platonist school.-Biography:Henry was born at Grantham and was schooled at The King's School, Grantham and at Eton College...
(born 16141614 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-Great Britain:...
), EnglishEnglish poetryThe history of English poetry stretches from the middle of the 7th century to the present day. Over this period, English poets have written some of the most enduring poems in Western culture, and the language and its poetry have spread around the globe. Consequently, the term English poetry is...
philosopher and poet - Pierre PetitPierre Petit (scholar)Pierre Petit was a French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer.-Life:Born at Paris in 1617, Petit studied medicine at Montpellier, where he took the degree of MD, though he did not practice medicine afterwards...
(born 16171617 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Works published:-Great Britain:* John Davies, published anonymously, Wits Bedlam, epigrams...
), French scholar, physician, poet and Latin writer - George Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 2nd Duke of BuckinghamGeorge Villiers, 2nd Duke of Buckingham, 20th Baron de Ros of Helmsley, KG, PC, FRS was an English statesman and poet.- Upbringing and education :...
(born 16281628 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* John Clavell, A Recantation of an Ill Led Life; or, A Discoverie of the High-way Law...
), English statesman and poet - Edmund WallerEdmund WallerEdmund Waller, FRS was an English poet and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1679.- Early life :...
(born 16061606 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English:* Samuel Daniel, The Queenes Arcadia: A pastoral tragecomedie...
), English poet and politician - Thomas WashbourneThomas WashbourneThomas Washbourne was an English clergyman and poet, known for his 1654 book Divine Poems. The Poems of Thomas Washbourne, D.D. was published in 1869, edited by Alexander Grosart, and kept Washbourne's name as a religious poet alive....
(born 16061606 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-English:* Samuel Daniel, The Queenes Arcadia: A pastoral tragecomedie...
), English clergyman and poet
See also
- PoetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
- 17th century in poetry17th century in poetry-Denmark:* Thomas Kingo, Aandelige Siunge-Koor , hymns, some of which are still sung-Other:* Martin Opitz, Das Buch der Deutschen Poeterey , Germany-Danish poets:* Anders Arrebo...
- 17th century in literature17th century in literatureSee also: 17th century in poetry, 16th century in literature*Early Modern literature*other events of the 17th century*18th century in literature, 1700 in literature,and list of years in literature.-Events and trends:...
- Restoration literatureRestoration literatureRestoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration , which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland...