John Taylor (7) (1578–1653)
Author of The Praise of the Needle: John Taylor's Poem of 1631
For other authors named John Taylor, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
John Taylor, a journalist for more than two decades, has been a contributing editor at New York magazine and a senior writer for Esquire. He lives in East Moriches, New York.
Image credit: engraving by Edward Scriven
Works by John Taylor
A Dog of War With hand-coloured Engravings on wood by Hester Sainsbury (Haslewood Books.) (1927) 2 copies
Works of John Taylor the Water Poet Not Included in the Folio Volume of 1630: Second Collection 1 copy
Works of John Taylor the Water Poet Not Included in the Folio Volume of 1630: First Collection 1 copy
The complaint of Christmas, and the teares of Twelfetyde by Iohn Taylor. (1631) (2010) 1 copy, 1 review
Associated Works
"Nest of Ninnies" and Other English Jestbooks of the Seventeenth Century (1970) — Contributor — 7 copies
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Other names
- The Water Poet
- Birthdate
- 1578-08-24
- Date of death
- 1653-12
- Gender
- male
- Occupations
- poet
boatman - Nationality
- UK
- Birthplace
- Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- Places of residence
- London, Middlesex, England, UK
Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, UK - Place of death
- London, Middlesex, England, UK
- Burial location
- St. Martin-in-the-Fields, Westminster, London, England, UK
- Associated Place (for map)
- England, UK
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Reviews
This is a pretty good read, about John Taylor's world travels around Christmastime in the 1630s and his return to England. It's partly fictionalized, I strongly suspect. Taylor is VERY funny, and cracks a lot of dirty jokes. This is a light read. If your only experience with 17th century English is Shakespeare, you will be pleasantly surprised to find this much easier to understand. Essentially it's only the peculiar and inconsistent spelling that presents a problem for a modern reader and show more you adjust to that pretty quickly. One other source of trouble, but also a delight, are the many references to foods and customs that no longer exist. You will have to Google them, but that's half the point of reading a book like this in the first place. show less
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Statistics
- Works
- 17
- Also by
- 5
- Members
- 47
- Popularity
- #330,642
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 1
- ISBNs
- 419
- Languages
- 8
