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Poem of public praise, usually for a person of renown (e.g., the king, a minister of state, a war hero). | (Gk 'pertaining to public assembly') Poem or speech of public praise, usually for a person of renown (e.g., the king, a minister of state, a war hero). | ||
Originally panegyric was a branch of rhetoric whose rules were laid down in the rhetorical works of Menander and Hermogenes. Scaliger also provides its rules in ''Poetics Libri Septem''(1561). | |||
== '''Examples from Classical times''' == | |||
- the festival oration delivered by Isocrates (436-338 BC)on the occasion of the Olympian games in 380 | |||
- Pliny the Younger's (AD 61-c.113) euology on Trajan | |||
- Mark Antony's funeral oration in Shakespeare's ''Julius Caesar'' (1599) | |||
== '''Examples from Restoration times''' == | |||
- [[John Dryden]], ''Astraea Redux. A Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of his Sacred Majesty Charles the Second'' (1660) | |||
- [[Nahum Tate]], ''Come Ye Sons of Art'' (1694) | |||
== '''Source''' == | |||
Cuddon, J.A., ed. ''The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory''. Penguin Reference: London, 1999. | |||
Powerpoint presentation by Anette Pankratz | |||
Revision as of 14:55, 13 July 2009
(Gk 'pertaining to public assembly') Poem or speech of public praise, usually for a person of renown (e.g., the king, a minister of state, a war hero). Originally panegyric was a branch of rhetoric whose rules were laid down in the rhetorical works of Menander and Hermogenes. Scaliger also provides its rules in Poetics Libri Septem(1561).
Examples from Classical times
- the festival oration delivered by Isocrates (436-338 BC)on the occasion of the Olympian games in 380
- Pliny the Younger's (AD 61-c.113) euology on Trajan
- Mark Antony's funeral oration in Shakespeare's Julius Caesar (1599)
Examples from Restoration times
- John Dryden, Astraea Redux. A Poem on the Happy Restoration and Return of his Sacred Majesty Charles the Second (1660)
- Nahum Tate, Come Ye Sons of Art (1694)
Source
Cuddon, J.A., ed. The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory. Penguin Reference: London, 1999.
Powerpoint presentation by Anette Pankratz