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17th century in poetry
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1664 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry and literature (for instance, Irish or France). Henry Bold, Poems Lyrique Macaronique Heroique Samuel Butler, Hudibras. The Second Part: By the authour of the First, a spurious poem titled Hudibras. The Second Part, was published in 1663, before this genuine second part (see also Hudibras, the First Part 1663, Hudibras. The First and Second Parts 1674, Hudibras. The Third and Last Part 1678, and Hudibras.
Restoration literature
Restoration literature is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660–1689), which corresponds to the last years of Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. In general, the term is used to denote roughly homogenous styles of literature that centre on a celebration of or reaction to the restored court of Charles II. It is a literature that includes extremes, for it encompasses both Paradise Lost and the Earl of Rochester's Sodom, the high-spirited sexual comedy of The Country Wife and the moral wisdom of The Pilgrim's Progress.
1678 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Anne Bradstreet, Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, a reprint of The Tenth Muse Lately Sprung Up in America, published in Boston, Massachusetts (original volume published in London in 1650) with significant additions, including "Contemplations", said to be her best poem; original, full title: "The Tenth Muse, lately Sprung up in America, or Several Poems Compiled with Great Variety of Wit and Learning, Full of Delight, Wherein especially is Contained a Complete Discourse and Description of the Four Elements, Constitutions, Ages of Man, Seasons of the Year, together with an exact Epitome of the Four Monarchies, viz.
1674 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, France, L'Œuvres diverses du sieur D....
1591 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1613 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). English poet Francis Quarles attends on the newly-married Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia.
1619 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). April – English poet Ben Jonson visits Scottish poet William Drummond of Hawthornden. c. October – Following the death of Samuel Daniel, Ben Jonson becomes Poet Laureate of the Kingdom of England (on Johnson's death in 1637 he is succeeded by William Davenant). Martin Opitz becomes the leader of the school of young poets in Heidelberg. Richard Braithwaite, writing under the pen name "Mu
1681 in poetry
— First lines from Andrew Marvell's To His Coy Mistress, first published (posthumously) this year Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France).
1684 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). April 15 – Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, a French poet, critic and scholar, is admitted to the Académie française only by the king's wish Japanese poet Ihara Saikaku composes 23,500 verses in 24 hours at the Sumiyoshi-taisha (shrine) at Osaka; the scribes cannot keep pace with his dictation and just count the verses Alaol, Padmavati, in Bengali Aphra Behn, Poems Upon Several Occasions Samuel Butler, Hudibras.
1689 in poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). May 26 – Matsuo Bashō begins the journey described in Oku no Hosomichi ("Narrow road to the interior") on which he visits Kisakata, and later composes a waka about Kisakata's islands. Thomas Shadwell becomes Poet Laureate of England.