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  • Poet Laureate
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    ...Britain by the monarch on a poet whose duty it is to write...later royal patronage of poets, such as Chaucer and...position was held by 30 poets before a 1985 act of Congress changed the name to poet laureate. In 1986, Robert...Since then, American poets laureate have been Richard...
     
  • Metaphysical Poets
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    METAPHYSICAL POETS name given to a group of English lyric poets of the 17th cent. The term was first used by Samuel Johnson...originality of their approach. The most important metaphysical poets are John Donne, George Herbert, Henry Vaughan, Thomas...
     
  • Cavalier Poets
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    CAVALIER POETS a group of English poets associated with Charles I and his exiled son. Most of their work...indebtedness to both Ben Jonson and John Donne. The leading Cavalier poets were Robert Herrick, Richard Lovelace, Sir John Suckling, and...
     
  • Herrick, Robert , English Poet
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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    HERRICK, ROBERT , English poet 1591 1674, English poet, generally considered the greatest of the Cavalier poets . Although he was born in London, he spent most of his childhood in Hampton. In 1607 he became apprenticed to his uncle, jeweler...
     
  • Dunbar, William , Scottish Poet
    Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
    Collections: Religious Studies, Education, Psychology, History, Literature, Philosophy, Entire Library

    DUNBAR, WILLIAM , Scottish poet c.1460 c.1520, Scottish poet. After attending the Univ...with the court of James IV as a poet and minor diplomat. Writing...Chaucer and the medieval Scottish poets, Dunbar is notable for the liveliness...
     

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