Author:John Denham

John Denham
(1615–1669)

John Denham

Works

• The Sophy (1642)
• Coopers-hill (1642)
• Cato Major (1648), verse translation from Cicero
• The Destruction of Troy, with a preface on translation (1656)
• Anatomy of Play (1651)
• Second and Third Advices to a Painter for describing our Naval Business (1667)
• Psalms of David, fitted to the Tunes used in Churches (1744)

Works about Denham

• "Sir John Denham, Knight of the Bath," in The Lives and Characters of the English Dramatick Poets (p. 37), by Gerard Langbaine, London: Thomas Leigh (1698)
• "Denham" in The Lives of the Most Eminent English Poets (1783), by Samuel Johnson, pp.97-112.
• "Denham, John (1615-1669)," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1885–1900) in 63 vols.
• "Sir John Denham," in Encyclopædia Britannica, Ninth Edition (v. 7) (1878)
• "Denham, Sir John," in A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature, by John William Cousin, London: J. M. Dent & Sons (1910)
• "Denham, Sir John," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)
• Sir John Denham and "Coopers Hill", by John Churton Collins in 'Poets' Country' (1907)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, 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.