1578 in poetry

Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or French). Thomas Blenerhasset, The Seconde Part of the Mirrour for Magistrates (see A Myrroure for Magistrates (Mirror for Magistrates) 1559) Thomas Proctor, editor, A Gorgious Gallery, of Gallant Inventions, including contributions by Proctor, Owen Raydon, Thomas Churchyard, Thomas Howell, Clement Robinson and Jasper Heywood Thomas Churchyard, A lamentable and pitifull Description of the wofull warres in Flanders, including two poems (see also his The Miserie of Flaunders, Calamite of Fraunce, Misfortune of Portugall, Unquietnes of Ireland, Troubles of Scotlande: and the Blessed State of Englande 1579) John Rolland, The Sevyn Sages, Scotland Rémy Belleau, Oeuvres complètes, an edition of his collected works, containing the verse comedy La Reconnue (composed about 1563), published posthumously (died 1577) Guillaume Belliard, Le premier livre des Poèmes Paris: Claude Gauthier Antoine de Cotel, Premier Livre des mignardes et gaies poésies Philippe Desportes, an edition of his works; France Catherine Des Roches, also known as "Catherine Fradonnet", Oeuvres, Paris: Abel L'Angelier published this year and in 1579, France Esbatement moral des animaux, a version of Aesop's Fables, illustrated by Marcus Gheeraerts the Elder Jean de Boyssières, Les Premières Œuvres Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Première semaine ou création du monde, a biblical and scientific epic poem which established the author's fame as a poet, attempted to inventory human knowledge in an encyclopedic way and in a didactic and religious framework; translated into several languages and reprinted in 25 editions over the next 25 years; inspired or admired by d'Aubigne, Tasso, John Milton and, later, Johann Goethe; Paris: Gadoulleau et Febvrier. Pierre de Ronsard: Les Amours d’Hélène Oeuvres, the fifth, revised edition of his collected works (the first was published in 1560). New poems in this edition include Sur la Mort de Marie, the sonnets for Astrée and the Sonnets pour Hélène.