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Guillaume de Lorris
Guillaume de Lorris , c.1215-c.1278, French poet, author of the first part of the Roman de la Rose . He handled the chivalric conventions with subtlety and charm, and his work shows taste, psychological perception, and wide familiarity with French letters.... Read more |
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Pedro de Ona
Pedro de Oña , 1570?-1643, Chilean poet. Having been born in Latin America, he is considered Chile's first national poet. His poetry is both epic and religious. Inspired by La aravcana, by Alonso de Ercilla y Zúñiga , he wrote the epic Arauco domado (1596; tr. Arauco... Read more |
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Adam de la Halle
Adam de la Halle or Adam le Bossu , c.1240-1287, French dramatist and poet-musician, one of the great trouvères . Many of his songs and polyphonic motets are preserved, as is the pastoral comedy with music Le Jeu de Robin et Marion (c.1283). Another work, Jeu d'Adam ou de la... Read more |
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Lake poets
Lake Poets, Lake School, terms applied to Coleridge, Southey, Wordsworth, and sometimes to De Quincey, who lived in the Lake District. The expression ‘Lake School’ seems first to appear in the Edinburgh Review of August 1817. In his Recollections of the Lake Poets, De Quincey denies... Read more |
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fable
fable brief allegorical narrative, in verse or prose, illustrating a moral thesis or satirizing human beings. The characters of a fable are usually animals who talk and act like people while retaining their animal traits. The oldest known fables are those in the Panchatantra, a collection of... Read more |
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Jean de Meun
Jean de Meun , d. 1305, French poet, also known as Jean Chopinel (or Clopinel) of Meung-sur-Loire. He wrote the second part of the Roman de la Rose and made translations from Latin, including the letters of Abelard to Heloise. Called by some the Voltaire of the Middle Ages, Jean de Meun was a man... Read more |
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Pierre de Ronsard
Pierre de Ronsard , 1524-1585, French poet. As page, then squire, Ronsard seemed destined for a career at court both in France and abroad. However, deafness turned him to a more secluded and studious life at the Collège de Coqueret where he became leader of the Pléiade (see under ... Read more |
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Gregorio Martinez Sierra
Gregorio Martínez Sierra , 1881-1947, Spanish dramatist, novelist, and poet. His masterpiece is Canción de cuna (1911, tr. The Cradle Song, 1917), but he is also known for his tale El amor brujo, which is the subject of a ballet set to music by Manuel de Falla. In addition to... Read more |
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Juana Ines de la Cruz
Juana Inés de la Cruz , 1651-95, Mexican poet. She is considered the greatest lyric poet of the colonial period. A beautiful and intellectually precocious girl, Juana was a favorite at the viceregal court before entering a Mexican convent at the age of 16. Forced to study outside the... Read more |
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Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
Du Bartas, Guillaume de Saluste, Seigneur (1544–90), French poet. His most famous work was the creation epic La Semaine (1578, complete English trans. by Sylvester, 1605, Devine Weekes and Workes). Partly because of his Protestant convictions, he was more influential in England than in... Read more |
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