Phineas Fletcher

Phineas Fletcher was a Scottish and British poet (1582–1650). He was born at Kent and died at Hilgay.

Overview

Born at Kent in 1582, died at Hilgay in 1650.

Catalogued works

41 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1627 to 1996. The first 12 are listed here.

Drop, drop, slow tears. Locustae vel pietas Iesuitica. Threno-thriambeuticon. Sicelides A Piscatory. The purple island, or, The isle of man. Piscatory Eclogues, with Other Poetical Miscellanies. by Phinehas Fletcher. [Illustrated with Notes, Critical and Explanatory. The Purple Island, a Poem, with the Critical Remarks of H. Headley and a Biogr. Sketch by W. Jaques. The Poems of Phineas Fletcher, for the First Time Collected and Edited : With Memoir, Essay, and Notes. Poems, dated 1869. Venus and Anchises and other poems, dated 1926. The purple island, dated 1816. Selected Poetry, dated 1904.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 132681 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

5 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Fletcher, Phineas (1582–1650), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018. Fletcher, Phineas (1582–1650), poet, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004. <i>The English Spenserians: The Poetry of Giles Fletcher, George Wither, Michael Drayton, Phineas Fletcher, and Henry More</i>. William B. Hunter, Jr. , Giles Fletcher , George Wither , Michael Drayton , Phineas Fletcher , Henry More, Modern Philology, 1980. Phineas Fletcher 1633, Edmund Spenser, 2020. VI. GILES FLETCHER AND PHINEAS FLETCHER, The Divine Science, 1940.

In detail

Phineas Fletcher studied at Eton College and King's College. the recorded working language is English and Latin.

Chronology

  1. 1582Phineas Fletcher born at Kent.
  2. 1650Phineas Fletcher died at Hilgay.

Sources

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

    “Phineas Fletcher”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

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  • reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikidata

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2745639: Phineas Fletcher

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