Crashaw, Richard

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• Crashaw, Richard — ▪ British poet born c. 1613, London, Eng. died Aug. 21, 1649, Loreto, Papal States [Italy]       English poet known for religious verse of vibrant stylistic ornamentation and ardent faith.       The son of a zealous, learned Puritan minister,… …   Universalium

• Crashaw, Richard — (?1613 1649)    His father, William, was one of the Puritan clergymen officiating at the execution of Mary Queen of Scots in 1587. Orphaned from the age of fourteen, Richard was educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge, and …   British and Irish poets

• Crashaw,Richard — Crash·aw (krăshʹô), Richard. 1613? 1649. English metaphysical poet best known for his collection of religious verse, Steps to the Temple (1646). * * * …   Universalium

• CRASHAW, RICHARD —    a minor poet, born in London; bred for the English Church; went to Paris, where he became a Roman Catholic; fell into pecuniary difficulties, but was befriended by Cowley and recommended to a post; was an imitator of George Herbert, and his… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

• Crashaw, Richard — (1613? 1649)    Poet, s. of William C., a Puritan divine, was b. in London, and ed. at Charterhouse and Camb., where he became a Fellow of Peterhouse, from which, however, he was, in 1643, ejected for refusing to take the Solemn League and… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Richard Crashaw —     Richard Crashaw     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Richard Crashaw     Poet, Cambridge scholar and convert; d. 1649. The date of his birth is uncertain. All that can be affirmed positively is that he was the only child of a one time famous Puritan …   Catholic encyclopedia

• Richard Crashaw — (* 1613 in London; † 25. August 1649 in Loreto, Italien) war ein englischer Dichter. Leben Richard Crashaw wurde in London als Sohn eines puritanischen Geistlichen geboren und studierte an der Universität Cambridge. 1644 verließ er England, trat… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• CRASHAW (R.) — CRASHAW RICHARD (1612 ou 1613 1649) Fils d’un puritain passionné, Crashaw commença à étudier la rhétorique et l’art poétique à la Chartreuse de Londres. Selon Lloyd, son premier biographe (Mémoires , 1668), Robert Brook, directeur de la… …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Richard Crashaw — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Richard Crashaw (Londres, hacia 1613 Loreto, 25 de agosto de 1649), fue un poeta barroco inglés, llamado el divino , que formó parte del grupo de poetas metafísicos del siglo XVII. Su obra poética está inspirada por… …   Wikipedia Español

• Richard Lovelace — Richard Lovelace. For the MP and peer Richard Lovelace, Lord Lovelace of Hurley, Berks, see Richard Lovelace, 1st Baron Lovelace. Richard Lovelace (1618–1657) was an English poet in the seventeenth century. He was a cavalier poet who fought on… …   Wikipedia