Born: 1618, London [Died] July 28, 1667. Chesey, Surrey. English poet. At the age of 15, he showed his precociousness by writing Poeticall Blossomes (1633), modelled on Spenser. While studying at Cambridge, he produced Love's Riddle (38), a pastoral play, and The Guardian (41), a comedy attacking the Puritans. He was driven out of Cambridge in 1643 due to civil war, and fled to Paris in 1645, where he became secretary to Queen Henrietta Maria, a difficult diplomatic mission. In 1656, he returned to England as a spy for the Royalists, and was imprisoned. After being released on bail, he studied medicine at Oxford. After the Restoration, he was unable to achieve his ambition and retired to Chesey. He is said to be the last metaphysical poet, and is the author of The Mistress (47), an anthology of love poems, the unfinished epic poem Davideis (56), and the Pindarique Odes (56). He is also known as a master of prose, and has written Essays in Verse and Prose (68). Cowley |
[生]1618. ロンドン [没]1667.7.28. サリー,チーシー イギリスの詩人。 15歳でスペンサーにならった『詩花集』 Poeticall Blossomes (1633) を書く早熟さを示し,ケンブリッジ大学在学中に牧歌劇『恋のなぞ』 Love's Riddle (38) ,清教徒攻撃の喜劇『保護者』 The Guardian (41) を出した。 1643年内乱のためケンブリッジを追われ,45年パリへ逃亡,王妃ヘンリエッタ・マリアの秘書官となり,困難な外交任務についた。 56年王党派のスパイとして帰国,投獄された。保釈後オックスフォード大学で医学を学んだ。王政復古後は志を得ず,チーシーに隠棲した。最後の形而上詩人といわれ,恋愛詩集『恋人』 The Mistress (47) ,未完の叙事詩『ダビデ讃』 Davideis (56) ,『ピンダロス風オード』 Pindarique Odes (56) などがある。散文の名手としても知られ,『散文および韻文によるエッセー』 Essays in Verse and Prose (68) がある。 カウリー
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