mock-heroic poem
61Beaumont Brothers, Sir John and Francis — (1583 1627) John, the elder, 1583 1627 From Leicestershire, on the death of his father in 1598, John had to leave university, and like his brother, he preferred literature to law. In 1602 he published anonymously Metamorphosis of Tobacco, a… …
62Carr, Sir John — (1732 1807) Born in County Durham, of farming stock and educated at St. Paul s School, London, Carr became headmaster of Hertford grammar school. Because he lacked a university education he was turned down as head of St. Paul s School.… …
63Grainger, James — (?1721 1766) He was born in Dunse, Berwickshire, the son of an excise man who lost his lands in Cumberland for supporting the abortive Stuart uprising of 1715. Through the good offices of his half brother, James studied medicine at Edinburgh… …
64English literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …
65The Dunciad — Alexander Pope The Dunciad /ˈd …
66Restoration literature — is the English literature written during the historical period commonly referred to as the English Restoration (1660 ndash;1689), which corresponds to the last years of the direct Stuart reign in England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland. In general …
67Pope, Alexander — born May 21, 1688, London, Eng. died May 30, 1744, Twickenham, near London English poet and satirist. A precocious boy precluded from formal education by his Roman Catholicism, Pope was mainly self educated. A deformity of the spine and other… …
68Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella …
69Ottava rima — For etymology and similar terms see Octave. Ottava rima is a rhyming stanza form of Italian origin. Originally used for long poems on heroic themes, it later came to be popular in the writing of mock heroic works. Its earliest known use is in the …
70Augustan poetry — is the poetry that flourished during the reign of Caesar Augustus as Emperor of Rome, most notably including the works of Virgil, Horace, and Ovid. This poetry was more explicitly political than the poetry that had preceded it, and it was… …
