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Nicholas Rowe
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English dramatist and poet; made poet laureate in 1715.

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Works

Plays

The Ambitious Step-mother (1701)
Tamerlane (1702)
The Fair Penitent (1703)
The Biter (1705) (external scan)
Ulysses (1706) (external scan)
The Royal Convert (1708) (external scan)
The Tragedy of Jane Shore (1714) (transcription project)
The Tragedy of the Lady Jane Gray (1715) (external scan)

Poetry

The Poetical Works of Nicholas Rowe (1720)

Translations

Lucan's Pharsalia, translated into English verse, 2nd ed., in 2 vols. (1722) (external scans (multiple parts): 1, 2)

Other

"Some Account of Boileau's Writings, and this Translation", in Lutrin (1708), by Nicolas Boileau-Despréaux, translated by John Ozell
Tatler Number 258 (1710)

Works about Rowe

"Nicholas Rowe," in The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1783), by Samuel Johnson, Volume 2, pp. 292–310
"Nicholas Rowe", in The Lives of the Poets-Laureate, by W. S. Austin and J. Ralph (1853)
"Rowe, Nicholas," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885–1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
"Rowe, Nicholas," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
"Rowe, Nicholas," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1931, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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