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1508 poetry literature
This article covers 1508 in poetry.
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Works published
Scotland
Anonymous, Golagros and Gawain, a Middle Scots romance written in the late 15th century in alliterative metre; based on two episodes from the First Continuation of Chrétien de Troyes' Perceval, ou le Conte du GraalCox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, 0-19-860634-6
Andrew Cadiou, Porteous of Nobleness, a Scots version of Alain Chartier's Le Breviaire des Nobles
William Dunbar:
The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, and Other Poems, a fragmentary text of The Flyting, to which is added two short poems, y "Wythin a garth", attributed to Henryson, and y "Devise, prowes and eke humilitee", by an anonymous author
The Golden Targe
Henry the Minstrel, also known as Blind Harry, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, publication year uncertain; written c. 1478 in Scots verse, supposedly derived from a Latin original; one of the most popular works of Scottish poetry of this era
Robert Henryson, Orpheus and Eurydice, published anonymously, publication year uncertain
Richard Holland, Buke of the Howlat, publication year uncertain; written c. 1450, in the poem an assembly of birds hears the Owl bitterly complaining against Dame Nature for making him ugly
John Lydgate, The Complaint of the Black Knight
Other
William Hendred, The Pylgrymage of Man, London, Great BritainWeb page titled "Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603 Table of Contents", at the Stanford University Library website, retrieved June 20, 2009. 2009-07-22.
Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Concorde du genre humain, Walloon poet published in France
Births
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April 3 – Jean Daurat also spelled "Jean Dorat"; Latin name: "Auratus" (died 1588), French poet and scholar, member of La Pléiade
Marin Držić, also known as "Marino Darza" and "Marino Darsa" (died 1567), Croatian dramatist, author and poet
Deaths
Birth years link to the corresponding "[year] in poetry" article:
February 4 – Conrad Celtes (born 1459), German and Latin-language poet
May 13 – Martial d'Auvergne (born 1420), French poet
Pietro Antonio Piatti (born 1442), Italian, Latin-language poet
See also
Poetry
Poetry
16th century in poetry
16th century in literature
French Renaissance literature
Grands Rhétoriqueurs
Renaissance literature
Spanish Renaissance literature
Notes
Category:16th-century poetry
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