L'Astrée appeared in installments between 1607 and 1627, and was translated into English as Astrea (1657-1658). Along with Calprènede and Scudéry, d'Urfé was known for promoting literary and cultural aesthetics of delicate refinement exalting chivalric virtues partly through long works of romance fiction that constitute the most significant examples of the Roman de longue haleine, literally the "long-winded novel."
English clergyman, critic, fellow of Oxford University, and early editor of Spenser. Upton is best remembered for his 1758 edition of Spenser's Faerie Queene, the notes of which made connections between the poem's plot and Spenser's life, as well as linked the characters in the poem with historical figures.
Latin form of Odysseus.
English playwright, translator, and educator. Udall's Ralph Roister Doister is considered to be the first known English comedy.
A farmer and writer on agricultural methods, Tusser first published A Hundreth Good Pointes of Husbandrie in 1557, then repeatedly expanded it to become Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie by 1580.
Said to be a peer of Charlemagne, Turpin appears in La Chanson de Roland.
English poet who popularized the Elizabethan practice of publishing verses to his lady. Multiple of Turberville's collections are addressed to his lady, the Countess of Warwick.
English soldier, diplomat, and playwright, best known for his work The Atheist's Tragedy. The play reflects the conventions of medieval morality plays, using macabre imagery to highlight its Protestant themes.
Italian linguist and poet. His Il Polito was published in 1525, Versi et regole de la nuova poesia toscana in 1539, and Il Cesano in 1555. De le lettere di M. Claudio Tolomei lib. sette appeared in 1547.
Tobin wrote plays for many years and struggled to get them produced. His most famous play, The Honey Moon (1805), was his first to be accepted for performance. However, he died soon after and did not get to see The Honey Moon debut. Tobin was known for taking plots from other plays for his own, and he became more well-known posthumously, as previously-rejected plays were reevaluated and staged.
