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Brewer's: Petrarch

The English Petrarch. Sir Philip Sidney; so called by Sir Walter Raleigh. Cowper styles him “the warbler of poetic prose.” (1554-1586.) Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham…

Petrarch

(Encyclopedia) PetrarchPetrarchpēˈträrk [key] or Francesco PetrarcaFrancesco Petrarcafränchĕsˈkō pāträrˈkä [key], 1304–74, Italian poet and humanist, one of the great figures of Italian literature.…

Laura

(Encyclopedia) Laura, subject of the love poems of Petrarch. She is thought to be Laura de Noves (1308?–1348), wife of Hugo de Sade, but this has not been proved.

Cino da Pistoia

(Encyclopedia) Cino da PistoiaCino da Pistoiachēˈnō dä pēstôˈyä [key], 1270–1337?, Italian jurist and poet, whose full name was Guittoncino dei Sinibaldi, or Sighibuldi. A friend of Dante and…

Noot, Jan van der

(Encyclopedia) Noot, Jan van derNoot, Jan van deryän vän dĕr nōt [key], b. 1539 or 1540, d. 1595?, Flemish poet. He wrote sonnets, odes, and other pieces in imitation of Petrarch and especially of…

Brewer's: Improvisators

Persons who utter verses impromptu. The art was introduced by Petrarch, and is still a favourite amusement of the Italians. The most celebrated are: ACCOLTI (Bernardo, of Arezzo, called…

Griselda

(Encyclopedia) GriseldaGriseldagrĭzĕlˈdə [key], long-suffering heroine of medieval story, whose husband subjects her to numerous trials in order to test her devotion. The story originated in a…

Tyard, Pontus de

(Encyclopedia) Tyard, Pontus deTyard, Pontus depôNtüsˈ də tēärˈ [key], 1521?–1605, French poet of the Pléiade (see under Pleiad). The sonnets in his Erreurs amoureuses (3 vol., 1549–55) are imitative…

Chapman, George

(Encyclopedia) Chapman, George, 1559?–1634, English dramatist, translator, and poet. He is as famous for his plays as for his poetic translations of Homer's Iliad (1612) and Odyssey (1614–15).…

sonnet

(Encyclopedia) sonnet, poem of 14 lines, usually in iambic pentameter, restricted to a definite rhyme scheme. There are two prominent types: the Italian, or Petrarchan, sonnet, composed of an octave…