Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
Events
A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted this year. The scene shows the friends of Reynolds, including poets
Samuel Johnson,
Oliver Goldsmith and
Thomas Warton - many of whom were members of "The Club" (use cursor to identify).
George Crabbe writes to
Edmund Burke asking for financial assistance. The outcome is the publication of Crabbe's poem The Library.[1]
Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in
German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance,
Irish or
France).
Events
A literary party at Sir Joshua Reynolds, painted this year. The scene shows the friends of Reynolds, including poets
Samuel Johnson,
Oliver Goldsmith and
Thomas Warton - many of whom were members of "The Club" (use cursor to identify).
George Crabbe writes to
Edmund Burke asking for financial assistance. The outcome is the publication of Crabbe's poem The Library.[1]
Sturm und Drang (the conventional translation is "Storm and Stress"; a more literal translation, however, might be "storm and urge", "storm and longing", "storm and drive" or "storm and impulse"), a movement in
German literature (including poetry) and music from the late 1760s through the early 1780s