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Barnabe Googe
Barnabe Googe , 1540–94, English poet and translator. In 1574 he was sent to Ireland as the representative of Sir William Cecil, Queen Elizabeth I's secretary of state. From 1582 to 1585 he was provost marshal of the presidency court at Connacht. Googe's Ecologues, Epitaphs, and Sonnets (1563) contains some of the earliest examples of English pastoral poetry. He also translated some contemporary Latin works into English. |
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"Barnabe Googe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Barnabe Googe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Googe-Ba.html "Barnabe Googe." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Googe-Ba.html |
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Googe, Barnabe
Googe, Barnabe (1540–94), published Eglogs, Epytaphes, and Sonnetes (1563, reprinted 1871), which are of interest as being, with those of Barclay, the earliest examples of pastorals in English.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Googe, Barnabe." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Googe, Barnabe." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GoogeBarnabe.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Googe, Barnabe." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-GoogeBarnabe.html |
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