Brome, Alexander

Brome, Alexander

▪ English poet
born 1620
died June 30, 1666, London, Eng.

      Royalist poet who wrote drinking songs and satirical verses against the Rump Parliament in England.

      Brome was probably an attorney in the Lord Mayor's Court or the Court of King's Bench. Izaak Walton wrote an introductory eclogue to Brome's Songs and Other Poems (1661), a volume of songs, ballads, epistles, elegies, and epitaphs. Brome's gaiety and wit won him the title of the “English Anacreon” in Edward Phillips' collection, Theatrum Poetarum (1675). Brome edited and contributed to a translation of Horace (1666) and was the author of a comedy, The Cunning Lovers (1654). He also edited two volumes of plays by Richard Brome (to whom he was not related).

* * *


Universalium. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужен реферат?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Brome, Alexander — (1620 1666)    Royalist attorney in the lord mayor s court and in the court of king s bench, and poet who opposed the Rump Parliament in England (or Long Parliament, called by Charles I, which lasted from 1640 to 1660). After the Restoration (of… …   British and Irish poets

  • BROME, ALEXANDER —    a cavalier, writer of songs and lampoons instinct with wit, whim, and spirit; and of his songs some are amatory, some festive, and some political (1626 1666) …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Brome (Homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Brome — can refer to:*several species of grass, see Bromus. *Brome, Suffolk *Brome, Germany, a municipality in Lower Saxony, Germany. * Brome, a former provincial electoral district in Quebec,Canada now part of Brome Missisquoi *Brome, from Martin the… …   Wikipedia

  • Brome (homonymie) — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « brome », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Le brome, l élément chimique ; Brome… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Alexander Brome — (1620 ndash; June 30, 1666), was an English poet.He was by profession an attorney, and was the author of many drinking songs and of satirical verses in favor of the Royalists and in opposition to the Rump Parliament. In 1661, following the… …   Wikipedia

  • Brome (Begriffsklärung) — Brome bezeichnet: Brome, Flecken im Landkreis Gifhorn in Niedersachsen Brome (Nymphe), Nymphe der griechischen Mythologie Brome ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Alexander Brome (1620–1666), englischer Dichter Richard Brome ( 1590–1652),… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Brome, Richard — ▪ English dramatist born c. 1590 died Sept. 24, 1652, London, Eng.  English dramatist generally deemed the most considerable of the minor Jacobean playwrights.       Nothing is known of Brome s origins. As early as 1614, he is known to have been… …   Universalium

  • Richard Brome — (c. 1590? ndash; 1653) (pronounced Broom ) was an English dramatist of the Caroline era.LifeVirtually nothing is known about Brome s private life. Repeated allusions in contemporary works, like Ben Jonson s Bartholomew Fair , indicate that Brome… …   Wikipedia

  • Бром Александр — (Alexander Brome) один из второстепенных английских поэтов, род. в 1620 году, умер в 1666 г. После него осталось несколько посланий и эпиграмм и комедия The Cunning Lovers ( Хитрые любовники ). Им изданы также сочинения Ричарда Брома …   Энциклопедический словарь Ф.А. Брокгауза и И.А. Ефрона

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
… Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”