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Gondibert is an epic poem by
William Davenant. In it he
attempts to
combine the five-act
structure of
English Renaissance drama with the
Homeric and Virgilian...
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Tower of London,
where he
continued writing Gondibert. On his
release in 1652, he
immediately published Gondibert, but he was only
pardoned in 1654. In order...
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Preface to the
Reader 1650.
Answer to Sir
William Davenant's
Preface before Gondibert 1650.
Human Nature: or The
fundamental Elements of
Policie Includes first...
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quatrain used by John
Dryden in
Annus Mirabilis,
William Davenant in
Gondibert, and
Thomas Gray
Various hymns employ specific forms, such as the common...
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Teipsum in 1599. The
style was
revived by
William Davenant in his poem
Gondibert,
which was
published in 1651 and
influenced Dryden's
composition of Annus...
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Davenant was the
first Restoration poet to
attempt an epic. His
unfinished Gondibert was of epic length, and it was
admired by Hobbes. However, it also used...
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french physician Thomas Hobbes:
Answer to Davenant's
preface to
Gondibert Pierre Corneille: Of the
Three Unities of Action, Time, and
Place John...
- duel begins,
Gondibert's elderly servant, Egbert,
exposes his master's lie, and the king
banishes Gondibert.
Before he leaves,
Gondibert vows to kill...
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Hayley (1789) Lord
Herries in Mary,
Queen of
Scots by John St John (1789)
Gondibert in The
Battle of
Hexham by
George Colman the
Younger (1789) Sir Charles...
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Oswald is like the
conflict between Gondibert and
Oswald in Sir
William Davenant's
unfinished poem
Gondibert (1650). In his preface,
Dryden explained...
