Emilia Lanier
Emilia Lanier (1569-1645) was an English poet, the author of only one book of poems named (in Latin) Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.[1]
Biography
Emilia Lanier was the first woman in England who published a sepatate book of poems.[1] Her name and surname were written in many ways, Emilia, Aemilia, Amelia, Lanier or Lanyer. She was born in the beginning of 1569. She was baptised on 27 January 1569.[2] She was partly of Italian origin. Her father was Baptist Bassano. He was a musician. He came from Venice.[2] Her mother was Margaret Johnson.[2] For some years she was in informal relation with Henry Carey. He was a cousin and chamberlain of the queen Elizabeth the Great. She got pregnant. She married her cousin Alphonso Lanyer, who was a musician like her father.[2] In 1593 she gave birth to her son Henry who was named after his father, Henry Carey.[2] In 1598 she gave birth to a daughter, Odillya, who lived for only ten months.[2] The poet lived with her son's family. In 1623 he married Joyce Mansfield. Emilia Lanier had two grandchildren, Mary (born 1627) and Henry (born 1630).[2]
Works
Emilia Lanier published her collection of poems in 1611. It contains pieces of religious poetry. They differ from each other in the field of poetic form. Emilia Lanier used many stanzas,[3] build of six lines (rhymed ababcc), seven lines (ababacc or ababbcc that is rhyme royal) or eight lines (abababcc that is ottava rima).
Emilia Lanier or Dark Lady
Emilia Lanier is considered to be the Dark Lady of William Shakespeare's sonnets.[4] John Hudson suggests that she was the real author of some Shakespeares plays.[5]
Emilia Lanier Media
Hilliard Miniature dated 1593
The title page of Lanier's collection of poetry, Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum.
"Le Rêve de la femme de Pilate" (The dream of Pilate's wife). Engraving by Alphonse François (1814–1888) after Gustave Doré.
So-called Zucchero or Zuccari portrait said to be of Shakespeare, as reproduced c 1800. Attributed to Federico Zuccari
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Aemilia Lanier at PoemHunter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Aemilia Lanier at Poetry Foundation
- ↑ Kristiane Stapleton, Teaching Salve Deus Rex Judaeorum: Aemilia Lanyer and Early Modern Authorship
- ↑ "Emilia Lanier Bassano: la "dama bruna" di Shakespeare". Archived from the original on 2016-11-09. Retrieved 2016-11-09.
- ↑ "John Hudson, Amelia Bassano Lanier: A New Paradigm" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2016-11-09.