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Banabe Barnes (c. 1569— 1609), English poet, fourth son of Dr Richard Barnes, bishop of Durham, was born in Yorkshire, perhaps at Stonegrave , a living of his father's, in 1568 or 1569. In 1586 he was entered at Brasenose College, Oxford, where Giovanni Florio was his servitor, and in 1591 went to France with the earl of Essex, who was then serving against the prince of Parma. On his return he published Parthenophil and Parthenophe, Sonnettes, Madrigals, Elegies and Odes (ent. on Stationers’ Register 1593), dedicated to his “dearest friend,” William Percy , who contributed a sonnetThis article is about the poetic sonnet. For the automobile named Sonett, see Saab Sonett. The term sonnet is derived from the Provencal word sonet and the Italian word sonetto both meaning little song''. By the thirteenth century, it had come to signify to the eulogies prefixed to a later work, Offices. Parthenophil was possibly printed for private circulation, and the copy in the duke of Devonshire's library is believed to be unique.Barnes was well acquainted with the work of contemporary French sonneteers, to whom he is largely indebted, and he borrows his title, apparently, from a NeapolitanA Neapolitan is a resident of Naples, Italy or the language of Naples and the surrounding region of Campania. The term is also used to describe various things which are attributed (sometimes erroneously) to Naples: Neapolitan ice cream is a layered ice cr writer of Latin verse, Hieronymus Angerianus . It is possible to outline a story from this series of love lyrics, but the incidents are slight, and in this case, as in other Elizabethan sonnet-cycles, it is difficult to dogmatize as to what is the expression of a real personal experience, and what is intellectual exercise in imitation of Petrarch. Part lieno phil abounds in passages of great freshness and beauty, although its elaborate conceits are sometimes over-ingenious and strained.
Barnes took the part of Gabriel HarveyGabriel Harvey (c. 1545- 1630) was an English writer. The eldest son of a ropemaker from Saffron Walden, Essex, he matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in 1566, and in 1570 was elected fellow of Pembroke Hall. Here he formed a lasting friendship w and even experimented in classical metres. This partisanship is sufficient to account for the abuse of Thomas NasheThomas Nashe (November 1567 ? 1600) was an English Elizabethan pamphleteer, poet and satirist. Son of William Nashe a minister and Margaret (nee Witchingham) his wife. Baptized in Lowestoft, Suffolk. The family moved to West Harling, near Thetford in 1573, who accused him, apparently on no proof at all, of stealing a nobleman's chain at WindsorWindsor (usually pronounced 'winzer', but the d may be included) is a small town in Berkshire on the south-western outskirts of London, south of the River Thames. It is the location of Windsor Castle, one of the official residences of the British royal fa, and of other things. Barnes's second work, A Divine Centurie of Spirituall Sonnetts, appeared in 1595. He also wrote two plays:— The Divil’s Charter (1607), a tragedy dealing with the life of Pope Alexander VI, which was played before the king; and The Battle of Evesham (or Hexham), of which the manuscript, traced to the beginning of the 18th century, is lost. In 1606 he dedicated to King James Offices enabling privat Persons for the speciall service of all good Princes and Policies, a prose treatise containing, among other things, descriptions of Queen Elizabeth and of the earl of Essex. Barnes was buried at Durham in December 1609.
This article incorporates text from the public domain 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica. 1911 Britannica
Barnes, Barnabe
Barnes, Barnabe
Barnes, Barnabe
