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Cowley, Abraham

Index: Examen de la obra de Herbert Quain, Ficciones, OC,Obras completas. Buenos Aires: Emecé, 1974. 461. Emanuel Swedenborg: Mystical Works,P,Prólogos. Buenos Aires: Torres Agüero, 1975. 154.

English poet and dramatist, 1618-1667, author of Love's Riddle, The Guardian, Pindarique Odes, The Mistress and other works

Fishburn and Hughes: "An English poet, contemporary with Milton, whose verse marks the transition between the Metaphysical and Augustan poets. His Pindaric Odes established the form of the English ode. His Epic of King David (1656) embodies the principles of the neo-classical couplet." (53)