Epitaph by katherine philips Katherine or Catherine Philips (née Fowler; 1 January /2 – 22 June ), also known as " The Matchless Orinda", was an Anglo-Welsh royalist poet, translator, and woman of letters. She achieved renown as a translator of Pierre Corneille 's Pompée and Horace, and for her editions of poetry after her death.
Katherine philips britannica Best known today for her poems on female friendship, Katherine Philips wrote some poems on a variety of subjects; she translated plays by Pierre Corneille and five shorter Italian and French pieces; and she wrote a series of letters to Sir Charles Cotterell that were published after her death as Letters from Orinda to Poliarchus ().
Katherine philips poetry analysis Katherine Philips (baptized January 11, , London, England—died June 22, , London) was an English poet who, as Orinda, the central figure in a literary group in Cardigan, Wales, wrote lyrics on friendship that represent a transition from courtly poetry to the Augustan style typical of Restoration literature.
Katherine philips husband Biography. Katherine Phillips (1 January - 22 June ), born Katherine Fowler, was a distinguished female poet during the time of the Restoration. Her parents were both Puritans, and her father, John Fowler, worked as a merchant in London.
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Biography for Katherine Fowler Philips, 'The Matchless Orinda' 17th-century Lady Poet. 
Katherine philips most famous poems Katherine Philips was without doubt the most widely read and acclaimed female poet of the seventeenth century. She was born in London on New Year’s Day /2, the daughter of John and Katherine Fowler (Souers , Thomas I).
Katherine philips a married state In fact, Philips' contemporaries often praised her modest, properly feminine subject matter. Katherine Philips died of smallpox June 22, , in London. She was thirty-three years old. Her death was mourned in verse by the metaphysical poet Abraham Cowley. The first authorized collection of her verse was not published until A century and.
Katherine phillips columbia Katherine Philips Biography Katherine Philips was one of the few female writers to emerge during the 17 th century and, in her short lifetime, was responsible for a large number of poems which seem to have been written for the pleasure of her friends rather than for publication.