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The poem introduces Colin Clout, a folk character originated by John Skelton, and depicts his life as a shepherd through the twelve months of the year. The Calender encompasses considerable formal innovations, anticipating the even more virtuosic Countess of Pembroke's Arcadia (The "Old" Arcadia, 1580), the classic pastoral romance by Sir ...
In the present year, 1823, Andrew, an old shepherd, tells his master of the history of the Ettrick Forest, and of the death in the snow of Rob Dodds, a young shepherd, resulting from harsh treatment by his master. II. 'Mr Adamson of Laverhope' (first published in Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine in June 1823 as 'The Shepherd's Calendar. Class Second.
Kalender of Shepherdes (page detail). The Kalender of Shepherdes, also known as the Kalendar and Compost of Shepherds. [1] was an incunable [1] almanac first published in the 1490s in Paris as the Compost et Kalendrier de Bergiers.
One of the most popular subgroups of pastoral poetry is the elegy, in which the poet mourns the death of a friend, often a fellow shepherd. [5] Eventually, pastoral poetry became popular among English poets, especially through Edmund Spenser's “The Shepherd’s Calendar,” which was published in 1579. One of the most famous examples of ...
James Hogg (1770 – 21 November 1835) was a Scottish poet, novelist and essayist who wrote in both Scots and English. As a young man he worked as a shepherd and farmhand, and was largely self-educated through reading.
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His first novel, Shepherds Calendar, was published in 1931. The book depicts a young man's growth to maturity in a farming community dominated by hard toil and the influence of the seasons. [2] Wild Harbour tells of the world destroyed by a future war, forebodings of which were already discernible in Europe. [3]
Massey Hamilton Shepherd Jr. (March 14, 1913 – February 19, 1990) was an American priest and scholar of the Episcopal Church.A prominent liturgist, he was one of the few American members of other Christian churches honored with an invitation to observe the Second Vatican Council of the Roman Catholic Church in the 1960s.