GASCOIGNE, GEORGE

găskoinˈ, c.1539–1577, English author, a pioneer in various fields of English literature. A reckless, dissipated youth, he left Cambridge without a degree to study law, but he spent most of his time in debtors' prison and was never admitted to the bar. In spite of this, he served in Parliament from 1557 to 1559, and from 1572 to 1574 he served in the army of William of Orange. His "Certain Notes of Instruction" was the first English essay on prosody. It appeared in The Posies of George Gascoigne (1575), a revision of his earlier collected poems, A Hundred Sundry Flowers (1573). Gascoigne's Supposes, a translation of Ariosto's I suppositi, was the first English prose comedy, while his Jocasta, translated from an Italian version of Euripides' Phoenician Women, was the first Greek tragedy in English to be staged and one of the earliest English tragedies in blank verse. Both plays were performed at Gray's Inn in 1566. He also wrote The Steel Glass (1576), a nondramatic work in blank verse, noted as the first English satire.

See his complete works ed. by J. Cunliffe (1907–10, repr. 1969); F. E. Schelling (1893, repr. 1967) and R. C. Johnson (1972).

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Letters from George III to Lord Bute, 1756-1766
Book by Romney Sedgwick, George III, John Stuart Bute; Macmillan, 1939
Subjects: Great Britain--History--George Iii, 1760-1820
...History, University of Manchester LETTERS FROM GEORGE III TO LORD BUTE LETTERS FROM GEORGE III TO LORD BUTE 1756-1766 EDITED WITH...graciously given permission for the publication of George IIIs letters to Lord Bute, and I have also...
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George Whetstone: Mid-Elizabethan Gentleman of Letters
Book by Thomas C. Izard; Columbia University Press, 1942
Subjects: Whetstone, George--1544?-1587?
...authors are being discussed George Gascoigne, perhaps, or Stephen Gosson...happened to be present when George Gascoigne died at Stamford in southern...French easily. this period were George Gascoigne, to whose Posies 1575 was...
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The Pulse of Praise: Form as a Second Self in the Poetry of George Herbert
Book by Julia Carolyn Guernsey; University of Delaware Press, 1999
Subjects: Christian Poetry, English--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Difference (Psychology) In Literature, Herbert, George--1593-1633--Criticism And Interpretation, Laudatory Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Literary Form--History--17th Century, Praise In Literature, Split Self In Literature
...holding is more metaphorical in Gascoignes Lulla- bie. The wag of Sephestias song turns wanton as Gascoignes persona attempts to lull his amorous...relationship through an Oedipal lens, Gascoignes speaker sexualizes the pre-erotic...
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Theory and Theology in George Herbert's Poetry: Divinitie, and Poesie, Met
Book by Elizabeth Clarke; Clarendon Press, 1997
Subjects: Christian Poetry, English--History And Criticism, Herbert, George--1593-1633--Criticism And Interpretation, Theology In Literature
...Sykes 1997 Theory and Theology in George Herberts Poetry Divinitie, and Poesie...poet. This book is an exploration of George Herberts success in creating that role...paraphrases of the Bible were more acceptable. George Wither distinguished three types of poetry...
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George Sandys, Poet-Adventurer: A Study in Anglo-American Culture in the Seventeenth Century
Book by Richard Beale Davis; The Bodley Head, 1955
Subjects: Poetry, Sandys, George--1578-1644
...C. T. Prouty, George Gascoigne, Elizabethan Courtier...their answer, Gascoigne, Norton, Calverley...that at any rate George was given "valuable...here and when George speaks of Elizabeth...intermarried with Gascoignes, Stapletons, and...
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journal articles on: Gascoigne George  - 81 results

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Gascoigne's Poses
Journal article by Felicity A. Hughes; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 37, 1997
Subjects: A Hundreth Sundrie Flowres (Book)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Censorship--16th century, English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Erotic poetry--Censorship, Gascoigne, George--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...has become customary to regard George Gascoignes writings as episodes in a career...question, which is the real George Gascoigne? Pooley expresses it thus...person speaker of the poem is George Gascoigne. It is only after some fifteen...
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The Male Villain as Domestic Tyrant in Daniel Deronda: Victorian Masculinities and the Cultural Context of George Eliot's Novel
Journal article by Clinton Machann; The Journal of Men's Studies, Vol. 13, 2005
Subjects: Daniel Deronda (Novel)--Criticism and interpretation, Eliot, George--Criticism and interpretation, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Criticism and interpretation, Novels--Criticism and interpretation, Rakes, rogues, and villains--Criticism and interpretation, Rakes, rogues, and villains--Portrayals, Victorian period literature, 1832-1901--Criticism and interpretation
...put it, "In a Victorian like George Eliot, brought up in Evangelicalism...good-hearted, love-smitten Rex Gascoigne, who is described in terms...idealism. In Daniel Deronda, George Eliots commitment to certain...century Christian hero St. George, patron saint of England, Aragon...
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George Davies, the Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and the Reality of Anglo-Australasian Relations, 1939-1952
Journal article by Chris Coney; Journal of Australian Studies, 2001
Subjects: The Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and the Reality of Anglo-Australasian Relations, 1939-1952 (Book)--Reviews
George Davies, The Occupation of Japan: The Rhetoric and the Reality of Anglo-Australasian Relations, 1939-1952. by Chris...H C H Robertson, and British political representatives, especially Lieutenant General Charles Gairdner and Sir Alvary Gascoigne. These tensions are well known but Davies has uncovered new material that highlights their depth and duration. He shows...
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George Eliot's Peculiar Passion
Journal article by Sarah Wintle; Essays in Criticism, Vol. 50, 2000
Subjects: Criticism, English Literature--History And Criticism, Literature--History And Criticism
...grandest and nastiest of George Eliots horsey men, devotes...patient hacks (p. 54). The Gascoignes can only afford a Shetland...figure for it (p. 66). Mr Gascoigne sees riding as an investment...She is, in the eyes of the Gascoignes and the county, as well as...
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Anonymity's Revelations in 'The Arte of English Poesie.'
Journal article by Marcy L. North; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 39, 1999
Subjects: Anonymous writings--Analysis, English literature, 1485-1603 (English Renaissance period)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Puttenham, George--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...10) Early modern poets from George Gascoigne to Thomas Watson regularly affirmed...Ralegh, Dyer, Fulke Greville, George Gascoigne, and Nicholas Breton, as a...edition, retitled The Posies of George Gascoigne, he complains that "some busie...
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magazine articles on: Gascoigne George  - 12 results

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Mr Smith Goes to News from Nowhere
Magazine article by Stephen Smith; New Statesman, Vol. 131, March 4, 2002
Subjects: Gascoigne, George--Authorship, Lectures and lecturing--Personal narratives, London, England--Associations and societies, The News from Nowhere Club--Personal narratives
...with the extraordinary story of George Gascoigne, the two-fisted Tudor poet, chancer...and drink. On the night of the Gascoigne lecture, titillatingly billed...editor of a slim treasury of Gascoignes verse (Selected Poems, Zoilus...
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George Best: Why Do We Honour a Violent Thug?
Magazine article by Johann Hari; New Statesman, Vol. 134, December 5, 2005
Subjects: Best, George--Behavior, Best, George--Evaluation, Soccer players--Behavior, Soccer players--Evaluation
...Why Do We Honour a Violent Thug? by Johann Hari George Best should not have died in hospital. He should have died...perform his duties" with her after she "tormented him". When Paul Gascoigne admitted to having assaulted his wife, Sheryl, "Bestie" leapt...
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The Mysterious Case of Elizabeth Canning: Bevis Hillier Investigates the Alleged Abduction 250 Years Ago, of a Young Servant Girl, Which Divided London Society at the Time and Has Puzzled Historians Ever Since
Magazine article by Bevis Hillier; History Today, Vol. 53, March 2003
Subjects: Abduction--Cases, Canning, Elizabeth--Cases, England--History
...have been the infamous Mother Wells. A Gascoigne family (sometimes spelt Gascoyne) was...writer and television presenter Bamber Gascoigne is a direct descendant. The Vicar of Enfield from 1681 to 1721 was Dr Joseph Gascoigne. His son, who assumed the name Nightingale...
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The Trouble with Boys
Magazine article by William Skidelsky; New Statesman, Vol. 132, October 20, 2003
Subjects: Athletes--Behavior, Athletes--Public opinion, Role models--Social aspects, Rugby football players--Behavior, Rugby football players--Public opinion, Sports--Social aspects
...half a pint after a match. No matter that for every Gary Lineker or Bobby Charlton, there has always been a Paul Gascoigne or George Best. Continually harping on about the "good old days" remains one of football fans most distinctive characteristics...
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Working Prosodies: Finding What Will Suffice
Magazine article by Eleanor Berry; The Antioch Review, Vol. 62, Winter 2004
Subjects: Pinsky, Robert, Poetry, Poetry--Analysis, Steele, Timothy, Whitman, Walt, Williams, William Carlos
...for the properties of syllables and sounds. Thus George Gascoigne, in his "Certayne Notes of Instruction" (1575), urges...other poets work. Occasionally, however, a poet--like George Gascoigne in the Elizabethan period or Ezra Pound in the early...
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FOOTBALL: THE STRIFE AND TIMES OF PAUL GASCOIGNE: I Fear Pal Gazza Will Be the Next George Best Unless He Can Give Up the Boozing SAYS BRIAN LAUDRUP
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), December 7, 2005
...AND TIMES OF PAUL GASCOIGNE: I Fear Pal Gazza Will Be the Next George Best Unless He Can...old team-mate Paul Gascoigne to turn his life...risk endingup like George Best. When the Dane...image they have of Gascoigne is a lost soul responsible...
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Football: Gascoigne Kicked out as Boss after 39 Days: KETT LOST; GAZZA: Chairman Is Too Scruffy and I'm Going to Buy Him out CHAIRMAN: Drunk Paul Was Sacked. and I Won't Sell to Him for Pounds 100m
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 6, 2005
...ROGERS JUST two days after George Bests funeral, the latest low for Paul Gascoigne raises fears he could become...disorganisation made by Gascoigne. Ladak said: "Last nights...manager. "Unfortunately Paul Gascoigne has been under the influence...
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Gascoigne Arrested in City Street Fracas Investigation
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), December 6, 2005
...Farrell needed hospital treatment for his injuries. Earlier, Mr Gascoigne denied claims he had returned to alcoholism Kettering chairman...he told the Daily Post he had had "one drink" in memory of George Best. The former England midfielder said: "I will tell you...
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No Chance Gascoigne Can Be an Australian Stallion
Newspaper article; The Birmingham Post (England), February 23, 2000
...have to wait while the 32-year-old recovers from his injury, sustained in a wild lunge at George Boateng during a Premiership match nine days ago Gascoigne has been linked with a move to America, but Marconi coach Eddie Krncevic said: "Its more...
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Gascoigne Can Learn from Us, Say Galloway and Bryce, a Team Who Top League of Hope
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), December 10, 2005
...double brandy to toast the passing of his late friend George Best. Gascoigne was this week sacked by Kettering Town after his...is saddened by the echoes of his own struggles in Gascoignes latest plight. I was reading about Gazza this week...
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encyclopedia articles on: Gascoigne George  - 5 results

 
 
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Gascoigne, George
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GASCOIGNE, GEORGE gaskoin , c.1539 1577, English author...prosody. It appeared in The Posies of George Gascoigne (1575), a revision of his earlier...A Hundred Sundry Flowers (1573). Gascoignes Supposes, a translation of Ariostos...
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Whetstone, George
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...of Rock of Regard (1576), a miscellany of verse and prose; A Remembrance (1577), a poem in honor of his friend George Gascoigne; An Heptameron of Civil Discourses (1582); and A Mirror for Magistrates of Cities (1584...
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Gilbert, Sir Humphrey
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...existence of a Northwest Passage , he explained his theories in his famous Discourse (ed., with some additions, by George Gascoigne in 1576), which inspired the voyages of Martin Frobisher and John Davis and for many years motivated English...
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Shakespeare's Plays
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Moor Tragedy The Taming of the Shrew 1593 1623 George Gascoigne, Supposes (1566); Earlier play The Taming of a Shaw...France Comedy Measure for Measure 1604 1623 George Whetstone, Promos and Cassandra (1578) Vincentio...
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English Literature
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...group were Thomas Churchyard , George Gascoigne , and Edward de Vere, earl of...plays were written by men such as George Chapman , the masters of comedy...guidance of passion. Although George Herbert and Donne were the principal...


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