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John Dickenson

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John Dickenson (?1570-1636?) was an English poet, known as a romance-writer.[1]

Life[]

Youth and education[]

There were 2 John Dickensons at Cambridge in the 1590's; neither has been identified with the poet.[2]

Career[]

Dickenson was a pupil in the school of John Lyly and Robert Greene. He had a light hand for verse (though little can be said in favor of his "passionate Eclogue") and introduced some graceful lyrics into his romances. His writings are:

  1. ‘Arisbas, Euphues amidst his Slumbers, or Cupids Journey to Hell,’ &c., 1594, 4to, dedicated ‘To the right worshipfull Maister Edward Dyer, Esquire.’
  2. Greene in Conceipt; new raised from his graue to write the Tragique Historie of Faire Valeria of London, &c., 1598, 4to, with a woodcut on the title-page representing Robert Greene in his shroud, writing at a table.
  3. The Shepheardes Complaint: A passionate eclogue, written in English hexameters; wherevnto are annexed other conceits, &c., n. d. (circ. 1594), 4to, of which only 1 copy (preserved at Lamport Hall) is extant.[3]

According to recent scholarship, Dickenson translated from French Louis Leroy's edition of Aristotle's Politics in 1598, as Aristotles Politiques.[1]

There was also a John Dickenson who resided in the Low Countries and published:

  1. Deorum Consessus, siue Apollinis ac Mineruæ querela, &c., 1591, 8vo, of which there is a unique copy in the Bodleian Library.
  2. Specvlum Tragicvm, Regvm, Principvm & Magnatvm superioris sæculi celebriorum ruinas exitusque calamitosos breviter complectens, &c., Delft, 1601, 8vo, reprinted in 1602, 1603, and 1605.
  3. Miscellanea ex Historiis Anglicanis concinnata, &c., Leyden, 1606, 4to.
     

It is not clear whether this writer, whose latinity (both in verse and prose) has the charm of ease and elegance, is to be identified with the author of the romances.[3]

Alexander Balloch Grosart has included the romances among his ‘Occasional Issues.’[3]

Recognition[]

3 short poems from ‘The Shepheardes Complaint’ are included in Englands Helicon, 1600.[3]

Publications[]

Poetry[]

  • Arisbas: Euphues amidst his slumbers; or, Cupids journey to Hell. London: Thomas Creede, for Thomas Woodcocke, 1594.
  • The Shepheardes Complaint: A passionate eclogue, written in English hexameters; wherevnto are annexed other conceits. London: E. Allde, for William Blackewall, [1596?]
  • Greene in Conceipt: New raised from his graue to write the tragique historie of faire Valeria of London. London: Richard Bradocke, for William Iones, 1598.

Translated[]

  • Aristotle, Aristotles Politiqves; or, Discovrses of government (from the French of Louis Leroy). London: Adam Islip, 1598.

Collected editions[]


Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[4]

References[]

  •  Bullen, Arthur Henry (1888) "Dickenson, John" in Stephen, Leslie Dictionary of National Biography 15 London: Smith, Elder, p. 32  . Wikisource, Web, Mar. 3, 2018.

Notes[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Alexander, Gavin, "Dickenson, John", on the website of the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Template:ODNBsub), http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ref:odnb/7601 
  2. ↑ http://spenserians.cath.vt.edu/AuthorRecord.php?&method=GET&recordid=74 John Dickenson (1570 ca.-1598 fl.)], English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State Univerity. Web, Mar. 3, 2018.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Bullen, 32.
  4. ↑ Search results = au:John Dickenson, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Apr. 5, 2016.

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain, the Dictionary of National Biography (edited by Leslie Stephen & Sidney Lee). London: Smith, Elder, 1885-1900. Original article is at: Dickenson, John

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