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Michael Drayton (b. 1563 – d. 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. [1] Many of his works consisted of historical poetry. He was also the first English-language author to write odes in the style of Horace.
The Poly-Olbion is divided into thirty songs, written in alexandrine couplets, consisting in total of almost 15,000 lines of verse. Drayton intended to compose a further part to cover Scotland, but no part of this work is known to have survived.
Prose and Poetry from Sir Thomas North to Michael Drayton. English: V. The Drama to 1642: Part I. English: VI. The Drama to 1642: Part II. English: VII. Cavalier and ...
The influence of the work was evident in many contemporary works such as Albion's England by the poet William Warner and Cromwell by Michael Drayton which was actually included in the 1610 edition. It was also significant for its development of the form of tragedy in English literature , with Higgins' story of Lier and Cordila providing a ...
The idea of the Harvard Classics was presented in speeches by then President Charles W. Eliot of Harvard University. [1] Several years prior to 1909, Eliot gave a speech in which he remarked that a three-foot shelf would be sufficient to hold enough books to give a liberal education to anyone who would read them with devotion.
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Michael J. Fox appears to be heading back to the future — at least when it comes to putting his memories of the popular film trilogy on paper. After taking home the George Pal Memorial Award at ...