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Michael Drayton (DRAYT-uhn), born at Hartshill, Warwickshire, in 1563, may have been the most prolific as well as the most dedicated poet of his period. His Poly-Olbion, completed in 1622 and ten ...
Abstract. This dissertation provides a study of Michael Drayton’s Poly-Olbion (1612;1622), a loco-descriptive poem divided into two parts consisting of eighteenand twelve Songs, respectively, each one being prefaced by anengraved map. The verse describes the topography of the English and Welsh counties and the historical feats that took place ...
Michael Drayton 1 Michael Drayton Drayton in 1599 Michael Drayton (1563 – 23 December 1631) was an English poet who came to prominence in the Elizabethan era. Early life Drayton was born at Hartshill, near Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England. Almost nothing is known about his early life, beyond the fact that in 1580 he was in the service of ...
Michael Drayton was born at Hartshill in Warwickshire in 1563. As a youth, he became page to Sir Henry Goodeere of Polesworth, who is to be credited for Drayton's education. Drayton fell in love with Sir Henry's daughter, Anne, who served as an inspiration for 'Idea'. Goodeere also introduced Drayton to the 'patroness of poets', Lucy, Countess ...
Biografia. Michael Drayton nacque a Hartshill, nel distretto di North Warwickshire.Poco è noto sulla giovinezza del poeta, con l'eccezione che lavorò a servizio di Thomas Goodere; durante il XIX e il XX secolo si era diffusa la credenza tra gli accademici che Drayton potesse aver studiato all'Università di Oxford, anche se l'ipotesi è stata rivalutata e scartata dalla critica più recente.
Minor Poems of Michael Drayton Michael Drayton 92 downloads. The Battaile of Agincourt Michael Drayton 59 downloads. Elizabethan Sonnet Cycles: Idea, Fidesa and Chloris Michael Drayton, Bartholomew Griffin, and active 1596 William Smith 58 downloads. Displaying results 1–3. Project Gutenberg offers 73,370 free eBooks for Kindle, iPad, Nook ...
19 apr 2017 · Michael Drayton was a contemporary of William Shakespeare – he was born a year before Shakespeare, in 1563 – and, like the Bard, he was a Warwickshire lad. But although he wrote a great number of poems – including a long verse travelogue about England – Drayton’s poetry is not read much now.
