Poetry — This article is about the art form. For other uses, see Poetry (disambiguation). Literature Major forms Novel · Poem · Drama Short story · Novella … Wikipedia
List of years in poetry — This page gives a chronological list of years in poetry (descending order). These pages supplement the List of years in literature pages with a focus on events in the history of poetry. Contents 1 21st century in poetry 1.1 2010s 1.2 2000s … Wikipedia
Gnomic poetry — For the map projection see Gnomonic projection; for the game, see Nomic. Gnomic poetry consists of maxims put into verse to aid the memory. They were known by the Greeks as gnomes, from the Greek word for an opinion . A gnome was defined by the… … Wikipedia
Hall (Halle), John — (?1529 ?1566) Hall s poems were mainly on religious themes. He was also a surgeon at Maidstone, Kent (his impossibly long titles have been paraphrased and translated into modern English). Some of his publications: Certain Chapters from… … British and Irish poets
Puttenham, George — (?1529 1591) He was the nephew of Sir Thomas Elyot (?14901546), diplomat and author of the Boke Named the Governour (1531), a treatise on education and politics. On account of his being a Catholic, Puttenham and his work came under Puritan… … British and Irish poets
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… … Universalium
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
Italian Literature — • The modern language of Italy is naturally derived from Latin, a continuation and development of the Latin actually spoken among the inhabitants of the peninsula after the downfall of the Roman Empire Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006.… … Catholic encyclopedia
Christian Ide Hintze — giving a lecture at University of Barcelona, 2009 Christian Ide Hintze (* December 26, 1953, in Vienna ) is an Austrian poet and performance artist, who focuses on the transition from literary to cross media forms … Wikipedia