William Drummond (1585-1649) Was born at Hawthornden Castle, Midlonthian in 1585. He was the son of John Drummond, first Laird owned of a large, long…
William Browne (1590-1645) Born at Tavistock in Devonsire in 1590. studied in Exeter college, Oxford. Browne however, was more interested in poetry than law. He…
George Wither (1588 – 1667) Was born at Bentworth in Hampshire. Sent to Oxford in 1603. He fought under Cromwell as a Major General during…
Giles Fletcher (1588 – 1623) Born in London in 1588. Brother of Phineas Fletcher and cousin of the dramatist John Fletcher. Educated in Westminister School…
Phineas Fletcher (1582 – 1650) born at Cranbrook, kent in 1582. Attained Eton and King’s College, cambridge. Works: His earliest work appeared in Sorrowes Joy,…
Puritan Period (1649-1660) Puritans were a group of English speaking protestants who were dissatisfied with the religious reformation movement carried out during the reign of…
Phineas Fletcher 1582-1650 and Giles Fletcher 1588-1623 Two brothers, disciples of Spenser Alma mater: Cambridge Poems The Purple Island or The Isle of Man 1633…
John Donne – 1573 – 1631 (London) Alma mater: Oxford and Cambridge Parents – Roman Catholics 1621 – Dean of St. Pauls First great Anglican Preacher Revolted…
William Alabaster (1889-966) He was a minor metaphysical poet. Sonnets: Eliseis (a latin poem on the Queen Roxana (a tragedy praised by Jonson) His divine…
Thomas Campion 1567-1620 Alma mater: Cambridge First work appeared in 1591 Works: His first individual collection Poemata Contained Latin panegyrics, elegies and epigrams Published in…