Amatory+poem
41Arnaut de Mareuil — ▪ Perigordian troubadour flourished 1170–1200 Perigordian troubadour who is credited with having introduced into Provençal poetry the amatory epistle (salut d amour) and the short didactic poem (ensenhamen). Arnaut was born in Mareuil …
42Carew, Thomas — ▪ English poet born 1594/95, West Wickham, Kent, Eng. died March 22, 1639/40, London English poet and first of the Cavalier song writers. Educated at the University of Oxford and at the Middle Temple, London, Carew served as secretary …
43Casti, Giovanni Battista — ▪ Italian poet born Aug. 29, 1724, Acquapendente, Papal States died Feb. 5, 1803, Paris Italian poet, satirist, and author of comic opera librettos, chiefly remembered for the verse satires Poema tartaro (1787; “Tartar Poem”) and Gli… …
44Thai literature — body of writings of the Thai (Siamese) people, historically fostered by the kings, who themselves often produced outstanding literary works. The earliest literature, that of the Sukhothai period (13th to mid 14th century), survives… …
45Thomas Moore — Thomas Moore † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Thomas Moore Poet and biographer, b. 28 May, 1779, at Dublin, Ireland; d. 26 February, 1852, at Devizes, England. His father was a grocer till 1806 when he was appointed barrack master at Dublin …
46Folk music of England — Pentangle performing in 2007 Folk music of England refers to various types of traditionally based music, often contrasted with courtly, classical and later commercial music, for which evidence exists from the later medieval period. It has been… …
47Guillén, Jorge — b. 1893, Valladolid; d. 1984, Málaga Poet Castilian by birth, European in taste and education, this true cosmopolitan spent nearly forty years in voluntary exile in America before definitively returning to Spain to become, with the award of …
48Anacreontic — A•nac•re•on•tic [[t]əˌnæk riˈɒn tɪk[/t]] adj. 1) lit. (sometimes l.c.) of or in the manner of Anacreon 2) lit. (sometimes l.c.) convivial and amatory 3) lit. (l.c.) an Anacreontic poem • Etymology: 1650–60 …
49erotic — /əˈrɒtɪk / (say uh rotik), /ɛ / (say e ), /i / (say ee ) adjective 1. of or relating to sexual love; amatory. 2. arousing or satisfying sexual desire. 3. subject to or marked by strong sexual desires. –noun 4. an erotic poem. 5. (plural) sexual… …
50madrigal — /ˈmædrɪgəl / (say madriguhl) noun 1. a lyric poem suitable for musical setting, usually short and often of amatory character (especially in vogue in the 16th century and later in Italy, France, England, and elsewhere). 2. a part song without… …
