1697 in poetry
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Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish
or France
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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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Works
- John WilmotJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of RochesterJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , styled Viscount Wilmot between 1652 and 1658, was an English Libertine poet, a friend of King Charles II, and the writer of much satirical and bawdy poetry. He was the toast of the Restoration court and a patron of the arts...
, Earl of Rochester, Familiar Letters: Written by the Right Honourable John late Earl of Rochester. And several other Persons of Honour and Quality, 2 volumes, London: Printed by W. Onley for Sam Briscoe, posthumously published
Births
Death years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Nicholas AmhurstNicholas AmhurstNicholas Amhurst was an English poet and political writer.Amhurst was born at Marden, Kent. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and at St John's College, Oxford. In 1719 he was expelled from the university, ostensibly for his irregularities of conduct, but in reality because of his whig...
(died 17421742 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-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...
), 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...
poet and political writer - Kamo no MabuchiKamo no Mabuchiwas a Japanese poet and philologist of the Edo period.Mabuchi conducted research into the spirit of ancient Japan through his studies of the Man'yōshū and other works of ancient literature...
賀茂真淵 (died 17691769 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-United Kingdom:* Mary Bowes, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, The Siege of Jerusalem* Thomas Chatterton:...
), JapaneseJapanese poetryJapanese poets first encountered Chinese poetry during the Tang Dynasty. It took them several hundred years to digest the foreign impact, make it a part of their culture and merge it with their literary tradition in their mother tongue, and begin to develop the diversity of their native poetry. For...
Edo periodEdo periodThe , or , is a division of Japanese history which was ruled by the shoguns of the Tokugawa family, running from 1603 to 1868. The political entity of this period was the Tokugawa shogunate....
poet and philologist - Richard SavageRichard SavageRichard Savage was an English poet. He is best known as the subject of Samuel Johnson's Life of Savage , on which is based one of the most elaborate of Johnson's Lives of the English Poets....
(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 poetEnglish 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...
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:- Juan del Valle y CaviedesJuan del Valle y CaviedesJuan del Valle y Caviedes , often referenced as Caviedes, is a Colonial poet from Viceregal Peru. He belongs chronologically to the Spanish American Baroque Colonial period, and shares much with Baroque writers such as Mateo Rosas de Oquendo, Sor Juana and Bernardo de Balbuena...
(born 16451645 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Francis Quarles, Solomons Recantatiion, entitled Ecclesiastes Paraphrased...
), Latin American poet and author - Mei QingMei QingMei Qing was a Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher and poet active during the Qing Dynasty.Mei was born in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. His style name was 'Yuangong' and his pseudonym was 'Mount Qu' , 'Winter Hut' , and 'Lao Qu Fan Fu' . Mei was taught by Wang Meng. He was a friend Shitao,...
(born 16231623 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Events:* Maciej Kazimierz Sarbiewski is appointed poeta laureatus by the Pope-Great Britain:...
), Chinese landscape painter, calligrapher, and poet - Moses ben Mordecai ZacutoMoses ben Mordecai ZacutoMoses ben Mordecai Zacuto , also known as the Ramaz, was a kabalistic writer and poet. It is generally supposed that his birthplace was Amsterdam, although, like the Amsterdam rabbi Saul Levi Morteira, he probably lived in Venice, the residence of a brother named Nehemiah...
(born 16251625 in poetryNationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature .-Great Britain:* Thomas Heywood:...
), kabalistic writer and poet
See also
- List of years in poetry
- List of years in literature
- 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:...
- 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...
External links
- "A Time-Line of Poetry in English" Representative Poetry Online website