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Michael Drayton (1563 – 23 December 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era, continuing to write through the reign of James I and into the reign of Charles I. Many of his works consisted of historical poetry. He was also the first English-language author to write odes in the style of Horace.
Michael Drayton ( 1563 – Londra, 23 dicembre 1631) è stato un poeta inglese . Indice. 1 Biografia. 2 Note. 3 Altri progetti. 4 Collegamenti esterni. Biografia. Michael Drayton nacque a Hartshill, nel distretto di North Warwickshire.
In late-17th-century estimates of literary stature, Michael Drayton was not quite as highly regarded as Sir Philip Sidney, Edmund Spenser, and Ben Jonson. Until the middle of the 20th century, Drayton’s position as an important minor poet seemed secure, but his lengthy historical poems did not lend…
1631, London (aged 68) Notable Works: “Poly-Olbion”. “The Muses Elizium”. Michael Drayton (born 1563, Hartshill, Warwickshire, Eng.—died 1631, London) was an English poet, the first to write odes in English in the manner of Horace.
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DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. DRAYTON, Michael. Ernest de Sélincourt. Poeta inglese, nato nel 1563 a Hartshill (Warwickshire), fece probabilmente parte dei familiari di sir Henry Goodere of Powlesworth, la figlia del quale, Anne Rainsford, si dice gli abbia ispirato la serie di sonetti Idea's Mirror (1594).
Drayton, Michael nell'Enciclopedia Treccani - Treccani - Treccani. Linea Definizione. Arte. Cataloghi. Lavora con noi. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Poeta (Hartshill, Warwickshire, 1563 - Londra 1631). Fu scrittore fecondo e versatile. Contribuì alla voga dei canzonieri, come altri sonettisti elisabettiani, con Idea.
Michael Drayton (b. 1563–d. 1631) was one of the most versatile of English poets: he wrote sonnets and theatrical plays, as well as historical, pastoral, and topographical poetry. He was highly praised in his own time, by Ben Jonson among others, and was buried in Poets’ Corner in Westminster Abbey.
