John Cleveland ( English John Cleveland ; 1613 - 1658 ) - English poet .
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| Date of Birth | 1613 |
| Place of Birth | Loughborough |
| Date of death | 1658 |
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| Citizenship |  Kingdom of England |
| Occupation | poet |
| Language of Works | English |
Cleveland was born in Loughborough, studied at Cambridge University . As a convinced royalist, during the years of the Civil War he remained loyal to King Charles I. In 1655, he was captured by the revolutionaries and imprisoned in Yarmouth , but then released by Cromwell .
In addition to the caustic satyrs, who gave him great fame during his lifetime, Cleveland wrote love poems, marked by undoubted poetic talent, although not free from exaggeration, sometimes reaching ridiculous. A collection of Cleveland’s poems, with notes, a biographical, historical and literary essay, was published in 1903, edited by Berdan.
Literature
- Daniel P. Jaeckle . John Cleveland // Dictionary of Literary Biography. / Ed .: M. Thomas Hester. - Vol. 126.- Detroit: Gale 1993. - P. 62-70.
- Rapoport S.I. Cleveland, John // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.