1631 in poetry

1631 in poetry

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Works

Births

* Michael Wigglesworth (died 1705), English colonist in America called "the most popular of early New England poets"Trent, William P. and Wells, Benjamin W., "Colonial Prose and Poetry: The Beginnings of Americanism 1650-1710", New York: Thomas Y. Crowell Co., 1903 edition, page 41]
* John Dryden (OldStyleDate|August 19|1631|August 9OldStyleDate|May 12|1700|May 1) was an influential English poet, literary critic, translator and playwright, who dominated the literary life of Restoration England to such a point that the period came to be known in literary circles as the Age of Dryden.

Deaths

*March 31, John Donne, poet, preacher

Notes


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