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Barnes, Barnabe
Barnes, Barnabe (1571–1609), attempted, in 1598, to kill the recorder of Berwick with poisoned claret, but he successfully evaded sentence. He published a sonnet sequence, Parthenophil and Parthenophe: Sonnettes, Madrigals, Elegies, and Odes (1593), notable as one of the first of such collections to appear after Sidney's Astrophel and Stella; A Divine Centurie of Spirituall Sonnets (1595); Foure Bookes of Offices (1606); and The Divils Charter: A Tragaedie Conteining the Life and Death of Pope Alexander the Sixt (1607), a vigorous Machiavellian drama which includes such melodramatic scenes as the murder of Lucrezia Borgia with poisoned face wash. Barnes's poetry is remarkable for its vigour and technical range.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Barnes, Barnabe." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Barnes, Barnabe." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BarnesBarnabe.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Barnes, Barnabe." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BarnesBarnabe.html |
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Barnabe Barnes
Barnabe Barnes 1569?–1609, English poet. His major work is Parthenophil and Parthenophe (1593), a collection of sonnets, madrigals, elegies, and odes. He also wrote A Divine Century of Spiritual Sonnets (1595) and The Devil's Charter (1607), a tragedy on the life of Pope Alexander VI . |
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"Barnabe Barnes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Barnabe Barnes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Barnes-B.html "Barnabe Barnes." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Barnes-B.html |
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