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Abraham Cowley (/ ˈ k uː l i /; 1618 – 28 July 1667) was an English poet and essayist born in the City of London late in 1618. He was one of the leading English poets of the 17th century, with 14 printings of his Works published between 1668 and 1721.
Abraham Cowley ( Londres, 1618 — Chertsey, 28 de julho de 1667) foi um poeta inglês . Compôs poesias líricas de caráter intimista e anacreônticas. Aos dez anos de idade (1628) compôs "Tragicall History of Piramus and Thisbe", um romance épico.
Poeta metafísico inglês nascido em Londres, escritor de poemas desde os dez anos de idade. Filho póstumo de um dono de papelaria, estudou na Westminster School e no Trinity College, Cambridge, onde publicou seu primeiro volume de versos poesias, Poetical Blossoms (1636), com apenas 15 anos de idade, e tornou-se BA (1639), fellow (1640) e MA (1643).
Abraham Cowley (born 1618, London—died July 28, 1667, Chertsey, Eng.) was a poet and essayist who wrote poetry of a fanciful, decorous nature. He also adapted the Pindaric ode to English verse.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Poet and essayist Abraham Cowley was born in London, England, in 1618. He displayed early talent as a poet, publishing his first collection of poetry, Poetical Blossoms (1633), at the age of 15.
Poeticous is a website that features the works of Abraham Cowley, an English poet of the 17th century. Learn about his life, career, and literary achievements, and read his poems, essays, and short stories online.
This book argues that Cowley's initial popularity and later fall in reputation have a similar origin: the experimental qualities, and the range, of his poetry. Cowley's works bridge disciplines (science, poetry), modes (prose, verse), and genres (lyric, ode, epic) in unexpected ways.
