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About George Gascoigne
George Gascoigne was an English poet, soldier and unsuccessful courtier. He is considered the most important poet of the early Elizabethan era, following Sir Thomas Wyatt and Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, and leading to the emergence of Philip Sidney. He was the first poet to deify Queen Elizabeth I, in effect establishing her cult as a virgin goddess married to her kingdom and subjects. His most noted works include A Discourse of the Adventures of Master FJ (1573), an account of courtly intrigue and one of the earliest English prose fictions; The Supposes, an early translation of Ariosto and the first comedy written in English prose, which was used by Shakespeare as a source for The Taming of the Shrew; and the frequently anthologised short poem "Gascoignes woodmanship" (1573) and "Certayne Notes of Instruction concerning the making of verse or
Everything about George Gascoigne →- Occupation
- poet, poet lawyer, writer, politician
- Position held
- Member of Parliament in the Parliament of England, Member of the 1558 Parliament, Member of the 1559 Parliament
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of England
- Born
- 1525
- Died
- October 7, 1577, 1577