HARINGTON, SIR JOHN

1560?–1612, English author. He spent most of his career at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, where he became known for his indelicate humor. His Rabelaisian Metamorphosis of Ajax (1596; ed. by E. S. Donno, 1961) uses ornate style and classical allusions to discuss at length the construction of an Elizabethan privy. He also did a translation (1591) of Ariosto's Orlando Furioso. His Letters and Epigrams (ed. by N. E. McClure, 1930) are vivid sketches of Elizabethan social life and writings.

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books on: Harington Sir John  - 482 results

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The Treason and Trial of Sir John Perrot
Book by Roger Turvey; University of Wales Press, 2005
Subjects: Ireland--History--1558-1603, Judicial Error--Ireland--History--16th Century, Nobility--Wales--Biography, Perrot, John--Sir--Ca. 1527-1592, Perrot, John--Sir--Ca. 1527-1592--Trials, Litigation, Etc
...were not slow to suggest reasons why Sir John Perrot had fallen so spectacularly...Honourable, Just and Wise Governour Sir John Perrot was struck down, not just...that to say the truth, the 1 Sir John Harington, Epigrams (1618), bk. iv, ep...
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The Complete Poems of Sir John Davies
Book by Sir John Davies, Rev. Alexander B. Grosart.; Chatto and Windus, 1876
...1608, 1611, 1621, only those given in I602, and in no edition at all is there a single specimen of Ben Jonson, Hodgson, Harington, Joseph Hall, c., c. There remains thus only 5 . The I. D. evidence, e.g. : That two are unsigned in the 1621 edition...
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The Poems of Sir John Davies
Book by Clare Howard, John Davies; Columbia University Press, 1941
Subjects: Poetry
...Hall Toothless Satyres , 1597 and Sir Kenelm Digby Nature of Bodies , 1644...availed not. 51, Of Tobacco, 3. Sir Thomas More : " Medicinae ad Tollendos...Epigrammata ," p. 31, translated by Sir John Harington thus: "If leeks you leek, but...
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Writing after Sidney: The Literary Response to Sir Philip Sidney, 1586-1640
Book by Gavin Alexander; Oxford University Press, 2006
Subjects: English Literature--Early Modern, 1500-1700--History And Criticism, Literature And Society--England--History--16th Century, Sidney, Philip--Sir--1554-1586--Criticism And Interpretation
...100, 105-6, 126 n.l l l, 182 n.98 Harington, James 186 n.107 Harington, Sir John 129-34, 141 1 andArcadia xxvi n.21, 48 n.103, 130-1, 132, 321 1 Arundel Harington manuscript 131, 132,248 and Astrophil and...
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The Letters of Sir Walter Raleigh (1879-1922)
Book by Lady Raleigh, Walter Alexander Raleigh; The Macmillan Company, 1926
Subjects: Explorers--Great Britain--Correspondence, Raleigh, Walter--Sir--1552?-1618--Correspondence
Gosse, Sir Edmund, 22, 129-30, 247...W., Viscount, 536 Graham, Sir Gerald, 25 Graham, John, Visct. Dundee, 214 Grain...Hardy, Thomas, 218, 331 , 521 Harington , Sir Raleighs John, 189, 255 Harlech, 376 Harmer...
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The Epigrams of Sir John Harington
Journal article by John Mulryan; Cithara, Vol. 50, 2011
Subjects: Poetry
The Epigrams of Sir John Harington by John Mulryan The Epigrams of Sir John Harington. Ed. by Gerard Kilroy. Surrey, England; Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate, 2009. Illus. Pp. xiv, 348. $99.95. Sir John Haringtons Epigrams have always...
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Sir John Astley and Court Culture
Journal article by John H. Astington; Shakespeare Studies, 2002
Subjects: Astley, John--History, Astley, John--Political activity, Courts and courtiers--History
...Scholarship: The Case of Sir John Astley Reconsidered...1986); Mark Eccles, "Sir George Buc, Master of the...8.) See Ruth Hughey, John Harington of Stepney (Columbus...82-92:84 and n. JOHN H. ASTINGTON is Professor...
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Sir Philip Sidney's Defense of Prophesying
Journal article by Roger E. Moore; Studies in English Literature, 1500-1900, Vol. 50, 2010
Subjects: Christian poetry--Social aspects, Poets--Works, Prophecies--Social aspects, Religion and state--Management, Sidney, Philip, Sir--Works, The Defence of Poesy (Poetry collection)--Authorship
...pp. 40. 65. (40) John Stubbes and his publisher...pp. 161-2). See John Stubbss Gaping Gulf with...A Letter Written by Sir Philip Sidney to Queen...Golden, "Sidney and Harington as Opponents of Superstition...which Eckhart refers to John 3:8 in counseling the...
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"I Would Faine Serve": John Lyly's Career at Court
Journal article by Derek B. Alwes; Comparative Drama, Vol. 34, 2000
Subjects: Drama--15th and 16th centuries, Lyly, John--Authorship, Playwriting--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...the Courtly Manner: A Study of Sir John Harington, Sir Philip Sidney, and John Lyly...The phrase is Anne Lancashires "John Lyly and Pastoral Entertainment...Peter Saccio, The Court Comedies of John Lyly: A Study in Allegorical Dramaturgy...
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'Paradise Lost': A Poem in Twelve Books, or Ten?
Journal article by John K. Hale; Philological Quarterly, Vol. 74, 1995
Subjects: Milton, John--Works, Narrative poetry--17th century, Paradise Lost (Poem)--Criticism, interpretation, etc., Religious poetry--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...provinces as periphery: see the letters of John Beale (in the West Country) to John Evelyn; and those of Sir John Hobart to his kinsman and namesake in...Thereupon Ogilby, Denham, Fanshawe, and Harington resumed the quest with vigor. In 1660...
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Lost in Translation
Magazine article by John Wilson; First Things: A Monthly Journal of Religion and Public Life, May 2010
...most distinguished predecessor was Sir John Harington, whose splendid sixteenth-century...introduction to his 1962 edition of Harington, Graham Hough says that "his...moral and devotional passages." John Wilson Wheaton, Illinois Laurance...
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Ten Lords A-Leaping: At Court, the Twelve Days of Christmas Were a Time for Politics, Intrigue and Manoeuvre as Well as for Merry-Making. Leanda De Lisle Explores the Mixed Feelings Induced in a Courtier Embroiled in the Great Affairs of the Day, by Two Very Different Christmases, Just Twelve Months Apart
Magazine article by Leanda De Lisle; History Today, Vol. 55, December 2005
Subjects: British history, 1066-1688, Catholics--History, Courtiers--History, Courts and courtiers--History, Elizabeth I, Queen of England--Behavior, James I, King of Scotland--Behavior, Roman Catholics--History
...godson, the writer and courtier Sir John Harington (1560-1612), arrived at Whitehall...playing for the highest stakes. As Harington reflected, Elizabeth was sixty...the Archbishop of Canterbury, John Whitgift, beside her. His plain...
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Shakespeare's Supposed 'Lost' Years
Magazine article by A.L. Rowse; Contemporary Review, Vol. 264, February 1994
Subjects: Dramatists--Biography, Shakespeare, William--Biography
...On 21 August 1592 the latter, John Shakespeare, appraised the goods...translation of Orlando Furlose by Sir John Harington, that congenial humorous spirit...house in Blackfriars. His son, Sir George Carey -- well known to Simon...
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Treason: A Good Old British Tradition: Should George Galloway Be Put on Trial as a Traitor to His Country? Should Anthony Blunt Have Been? Francis Beckett Suggests That Elizabeth I Had the Right Answers
Magazine article by Francis Beckett; New Statesman, Vol. 132, May 5, 2003
Subjects: Espionage--History, Espionage--Political aspects, Galloway, George--Political activity, Iraq War, 2003--Military aspects, Iraq War, 2003--Political aspects, Patriotism--Political aspects, Treason--History, Treason--Moral and ethical aspects, War--History, War--Political aspects
...governments propaganda sheet showed John Bull holding the Union Flag and a...these flags has to come down," says John Bull. Campbell, like Galloway and...It is as true today as it was when Sir John Harington wrote it in the 17th century that...
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An Imperial Intellect: Elizabeth's Legacy 400 Years Later
Magazine article by Lisa Rogers; Humanities, Vol. 24, July 2003
Subjects: Art exhibits, Elizabeth I, Queen of England (1533-1603), Painting
...But I think she did not really want to marry." Sir James Melville, Scotlands ambassador to England, reputedly...says Hulse. "Elizabeth believed it should be both. As Sir John Harington said of her, We did all love her for she said she loved...
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newspaper articles on: Harington Sir John  - 8 results

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Victorian Loos Can Leave You Feeling Flush
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 4, 2009
...good useable condition, he says. Sir John Harington is usually credited as the inventor...Two were made in 1594, one for Harington and the other for his godmother, Queen Elizabeth I. Although the John had flushing mechanisms, it was...
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Victorian Loos Can Leave You Feeling Flush
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 4, 2009
...good useable condition, he says. Sir John Harington is usually credited as the inventor...Two were made in 1594, one for Harington and the other for his godmother, Queen Elizabeth I. Although the John had flushing mechanisms, it was...
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Darling, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner ..
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 27, 2010
...two are standard Labour heroes: John Maynard Keynes and Clement Attlee...Elizabeth I could be equally scary: Sir John harington compared her moodiness to a storm...Bradshaw, Chris huhne, Peter hain, John Denham and Gordon Brown all pick...
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Darling, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 27, 2010
...two are standard Labour heroes: John Maynard Keynes and Clement Attlee...Elizabeth I could be equally scary: Sir John harington compared her moodiness to a storm...Bradshaw, Chris huhne, Peter hain, John Denham and Gordon Brown all pick...
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Links with Gunpowder Plot to Be Celebrated
Newspaper article; Coventry Evening Telegraph (England), October 28, 2005
Subjects: Special events
...Catesby, who lived in nearby Ashby St Ledgers, and Sir Everard Digby and his wife Lady Digby. In Dunchurch...Elizabeth, daughter of James I, was staying as a guest of Sir John Harington at the time of the plot, a living history group will...
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encyclopedia articles on: Harington Sir John  - 2 results

 
 
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Harington, Sir John
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
HARINGTON, SIR JOHN 1560? 1612, English author. He spent most of his career at the court of Queen Elizabeth I, where he became known for his indelicate...
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Ariosto, Ludovico
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...the pretenders and Il Negromante the necromancer. See the famous 16th-century translation of Orlando Furioso by Sir John Harington, ed. by R. McNulty (1972), as well as the recent verse translation by B. Reynolds (2 vol., 1975); studies...


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