Amatory+poem
11Italian 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.… …
12Anacreon — (Greek polytonic|Ἀνακρέων) (570 BC 488 BC) was a Greek lyric poet, notable for his drinking songs and hymns. Later Greeks included him in the canonical list of nine lyric poets. Life Anacreon was born at Teos, an Ionian city on the coast of Asia… …
13Madrigal (poetry) — Madrigal (Italian: madrigale) is the name of a form of poetry, the exact nature of which has never been decided in English.[1] The definition given in the New English Dictionary, a short lyrical poem of amatory character, offers no distinctive… …
14Dante Alighieri — • An annotated (in linked hypertext) biography of the poet Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Dante Alighieri Dante Alighieri …
15Brazilian literature — Introduction the body of written works produced in the Portuguese language in Brazil. Colonial period Brazil was claimed for Portugal in 1500 and was named for the land s first export product, pau brasil (brazilwood), trade in which… …
16choral music — ▪ vocal music Introduction music sung by a choir with two or more voices assigned to each part. Choral music is necessarily polyphonal i.e., consisting of two or more autonomous vocal (vocal music) lines. It has a long history in European… …
17Aphra Behn — (July 10, 1640–April 16, 1689) was a prolific dramatist of the Restoration and was one of the first English professional female writers. Her writing participated in the amatory fiction genre of British literature.Early lifeThe personal history of …
18John Betjeman — Infobox Writer name = Sir John Betjeman imagesize = caption = Statue of John Betjeman at St Pancras station birthdate = birth date|1906|8|28|df=y birthplace = Parliament Hill Mansions, Camden, London, England deathdate = death date and… …
19Pierre de Ronsard — For the main belt asteroid, see 10139 Ronsard. Portrait of Ronsard by an unknown artist, ca. 1620 …
20Swiss literature — There is no such thing as a Swiss national vernacular literature, properly speaking. But there are four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland, according to the language in which the works are composed. As the Confederation, from its… …
