1508 in poetry

Overview of the events of 1508 in poetry

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Anonymous, Golagros and Gawain, a Middle Scots romance written in the late 15th century in alliterative metre; based on two episodes from the First Continuation of Chretien de Troyes' Perceval, ou le Conte du Graal^[1]
Andrew Cadiou, Porteous of Nobleness, a Scots version of Alain Chartier's Le Breviaire des Nobles^[1]
William Dunbar:
- The Flyting of Dunbar and Kennedy, and Other Poems, a fragmentary text of The Flyting, to which is added two short poems, "Wythin a garth", attributed to Henryson, and "Devise, prowes and eke humilitee", by an anonymous author^[1]
- The Golden Targe^[1]
Henry the Minstrel, also known as Blind Harry, The Actes and Deidis of the Illustre and Vallyeant Campioun Schir William Wallace, publication year uncertain; written c. 1478 in Scots verse, supposedly derived from a Latin original; one of the most popular works of Scottish poetry of this era^[1]
Robert Henryson, Orpheus and Eurydice, published anonymously, publication year uncertain^[1]
Richard Holland, Buke of the Howlat, publication year uncertain; written c. 1450, in the poem an assembly of birds hears the Owl bitterly complaining against Dame Nature for making him ugly^[1]
John Lydgate, The Complaint of the Black Knight

William Hendred, The Pylgrymage of Man, London, Great Britain^[2]
Jean Lemaire de Belges, La Concorde du genre humain, Walloon poet published in France

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April 3 – Jean Daurat also spelled "Jean Dorat"; Latin name: "Auratus" (died 1588), French poet and scholar, member of La Pléiade
Marin Držić, also known as "Marino Darza" and "Marino Darsa" (died 1567), Croatian dramatist, author and poet

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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
^ Web page titled "Chadwyck-Healey English Poetry Database: Tudor Poetry, 1500-1603 Table of Contents", at the Stanford University Library website, retrieved June 20, 2009. 2009-07-22.

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