Sir William Davenant

Biographic Data

ID5670739
NAMESir William Davenant
GIVEN NAMESSir William
FAMILY NAMEDavenant
SIGNATUREDAVENANT S W
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS19
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT19
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1638
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2007
H-INDEX0

  • The History of Sir Francis Drake

    Open AccessSir William DavenantCHAPTERVersions of Blackness2007

    S ir william davenant (1606–68) began his career as a playwright in 1629 and provided masques (that is, ceremonial theatrical entertainments) for Charles I's court, succeeding Ben Jonson as poet laureate in 1637. In that year, he wrote a poem supporting an abortive scheme to establish a colony in Madagascar, in which the King's cousin Prince Rupert was involved. Davenant acted as a royalist soldier and agent during the Civil War and in 1650 was c…

  • Versions of Blackness

    Open AccessHenry Neville, Aphra Behn et al.BOOKVersions of Blackness2007

    Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko (1688) is one of the most widely studied works of seventeenth-century literature, because of its powerful representation of slavery and complex portrayal of ways in which differing races and cultures - European, Black African, and Native American - observe and misinterpret each other. This edition presents a new edition of Oroonoko, with unprecedentedly full and informative commentary, along with complete texts of thre…

  • Poetry and Revolution: An Anthology of British and Irish Verse 1625–1660

    John Milton, Gerrard Jerrard Winstanley et al.BOOKPoetry and revolution1998

  • The Shorter Poems, and Songs from the Plays and Masques

    Sir William Davenant, William D'Avenant et al.BOOKThe shorter poems, and songs from…1972

    Sir William Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and during the Interregnum.

  • Weep no more for what is past

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1972

  • Hark! Orpheus is a Sea-man grown

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1972

  • The furious Steed, the Phyph and Drum

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1972

    "The furious Steed, the Phyph and Drum" published on by null.

  • And when Philander shall be dead

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1972

    "And when Philander shall be dead" published on by null.

  • The Works of Sir John Suckling: The Non-Dramatic Works

    Sir William Davenant, Sir John Suckling et al.BOOKThe Works of Sir John Suckling:…1971

  • Sir William Davenant's Gondibert

    Sir William Davenant, William D'Avenant et al.BOOKSir William Davenant's Gondibert1971

    Sir William Davenant was one of the rare figures in English Renaissance theatre whose career spanned both the Caroline and Restoration eras and who was active both before and after the English Civil War and during the Interregnum.

  • The Poems of Thomas Carew with his Masque Coelum Britannicum

    James Shirley, Sir William Davenant et al.BOOKThe poems of Thomas Carew; with…1949

  • Epilogue to the King … at the Acting the Siege of Rhodes

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1673

    "Epilogue to the King ... at the Acting the Siege of Rhodes" published on by null.

  • Sent with a Lock of Hair

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1673

  • Chorus of Women [from The Siege of Rhodes]

    Sir William Davenant, Peter DavidsonCHAPTERPoetry and Revolution: An…1673

  • Prologue for the Temple

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1673

    "Prologue for the Temple: at the Acting of Five Hours Adventure" published on by null.

  • Restoration Panegyrical Poems

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1673

    "Restoration Panegyrical Poems" published on by null.

  • Epitaph, on I. Walker

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1638

    "Epitaph, on I. Walker" published on by null.

  • Madagascar

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1638

    "Madagascar" published on by null.

  • Madagascar; with other Poems

    Sir William Davenant, A M GibbsCHAPTERThe Shorter Poems, and Songs from…1638