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1857 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events *Commissioned with other Hungarian poets to write a poem of praise for a visit of Franz Joseph I of Austria to his country, János Arany instead produces the subversive ballad '' The Bards of Wales'' (''A walesi bárdok''), unpublished until 1863. Works published in English United Kingdom * Elizabeth Barrett Browning, '' Aurora Leigh'', dated this year but first published at the end of 1856 * Edward Bulwer-Lytton, writing under the pen name "Owen Meredith", ''The Wanderer'' * Elizabeth Gaskell, '' The Life of Charlotte Brontë'', Smith, Elder & Co., biography * Frederick Locker, ''London Lyrics'' (12 re-editions to 1893) * Denis MacCarthy, ''Underglimpses, and Other Poems'' * Theodore Martin, translated from Adam Oehlenschlager, ''Aladdin; or, The Wonderful Lamp'' United States * William Allen Butler, ''Nothing to Wear'', published posthumousl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Smith, Elder & Co
Smith, Elder & Co., alternatively Smith, Elder, and Co. or Smith, Elder and Co. was a British publishing company which was most noted for the works it published in the 19th century. It was purchased by John Murray in the early 1900s, its archive now kept as part of the John Murray Archive at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh, Scotland. History The firm was founded by George Smith (1789–1846) and Alexander Elder (1790–1876) and successfully continued by George Murray Smith (1824–1901). They are known to have published as early as 1826. They are notable for producing the first edition of the ''Dictionary of National Biography'' (''DNB''). The firm achieved its first major success with the publication of Charlotte Brontë's ''Jane Eyre'' in 1847, under the pseudonym of "Currer Bell". Other major authors published by the firm included Robert Browning, George Eliot, Elizabeth Gaskell, Thomas Hardy, Richard Jefferies, George MacDonald, Charles Reade, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mortimer Thomson
Mortimer Neal Thomson (September 2, 1831June 25, 1875) was an American journalist and humorist who wrote under the pseudonym Q. K. Philander Doesticks. He was born in Riga, New York and grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan. He attended University of Michigan, Michigan University but was expelled along with several others either for his involvement in secret societiesJohnson and Brown 1904, vol. 10. or for "too much enterprise in securing subjects for the dissecting room." After a brief period working in theater, he became a journalist and lecturer. For his published writings, he used the pen name "Q. K. Philander Doesticks, P. B.", a pseudonym he had first used in university (the full version is "Queer Kritter Philander Doesticks, Perfect Brick"). A collection published in 1855, ''Doesticks What He Says'', reprinted many of his pieces. In 1856 he wrote ''Plu-Ri-Bus-Tah'', a parody of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's ''The Song of Hiawatha''. Thomson is credited with coining terms including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexander Beaufort Meek
Alexander Beaufort Meek (July 17, 1814 (Columbia, South Carolina) – November 1, 1865 (Columbus, Mississippi) was an American politician, lawyer, judge, and chess player. He also was a writer of historical and literary essays, and poetry. He served as Alabama's Attorney General In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general (: attorneys general) or attorney-general (AG or Atty.-Gen) is the main legal advisor to the government. In some jurisdictions, attorneys general also have executive responsibility for law enf ... in 1836. Works *''An Oration Delivered before the Society of the Alumni of the University of Alabama at its First Anniversary, December 17, 1836'' *''The South West: Its History, Character, and Prospects: A Discourse for the Eighth Anniversary of the Erosophic Society of the University of Alabama, December 7, 1839'', Tuscaloosa, C. B. Baldwin, Press, 1840, 40 p. *''Americanism in Literature. An Oration before the Phi Kappa and Demosthenian Societies of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Lawson (poet)
Jim, Jimmy, Jamie, or James Lawson may refer to: Academics *James Raymond Lawson (1915–1996), African-American physicist and president of Fisk University *James Lawson (activist) (1928–2024), American professor, civil rights scholar and pastor Public officials * James Lawson, Lord Lawson (before 1500—after 1532), Scottish Senator of College of Justice and Provost of Edinburgh * James Anthony Lawson (1817–1887), Irish MP, Solicitor-General and Attorney-General * James M. Lawson (1847–1916), member of the Virginia House of Delegates * James Marshall Lawson (1863–1922), American Republican state legislator in South Dakota *Earl Lawson (politician) (James Earl Lawson, 1891–1950), Canadian MP from Ontario Sportsmen * Jimmy Lawson (Scottish footballer) (1886–1962), right back (Dundee FC), golfer in U.S. * Jim Lawson (American football) (1902–1989), end and placekicker * Jimmy Lawson (English footballer) (born 1947), winger and player-manager *Jim Lawson (sports executiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Francis Scott Key
Francis Scott Key (August 1, 1779January 11, 1843) was an American lawyer, author, and poet from Frederick, Maryland, best known as the author of the poem "Defence of Fort M'Henry" which was set to a popular British tune and eventually became the American national anthem "The Star-Spangled Banner". Key observed the British bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 during the War of 1812. He was inspired upon seeing an American flag flying over the fort at dawn: his poem was published within a week with the suggested tune of the popular song "The Anacreontic Song, To Anacreon in Heaven". The song with Key's lyrics became known as "The Star-Spangled Banner" and slowly gained in popularity as an unofficial anthem, finally achieving official status as the national anthem more than a century later under President Herbert Hoover. Key was a lawyer in Maryland and Washington, D.C. for four decades and worked on important cases, including the Burr conspiracy trial, and he argued numerous times ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hamilton Hayne
Paul Hamilton Hayne (January 1, 1830 – July 6, 1886) was a poet, critic, and editor from the American South. Biography Paul Hamilton Hayne was born in Charleston, South Carolina on January 1, 1830. After losing his father as a young child, Hayne was reared by his mother in the home of his prosperous and prominent uncle, Robert Y. Hayne, who was an orator and politician who served in the United States Senate. Hayne was educated in Charleston city schools and graduated from the College of Charleston in 1852. He began the practice of law but soon abandoned it in order to pursue his literary interests and ambitions. Hayne served in the Confederate army in 1861 and remained in the army until his health failed after four months, where he served as aide-de-camp to South Carolina Governor Francis Pickens.More, Rayburn S. Encyclopedia of American Poetry: The nineteenth century. ed Eric L. Haralson, John Hollander Taylor & Francis, 1998, page 203-206 He lost all of his possessions — ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harper's Weekly
''Harper's Weekly, A Journal of Civilization'' was an American political magazine based in New York City. Published by Harper (publisher), Harper & Brothers from 1857 until 1916, it featured foreign and domestic news, fiction, essays on many subjects, and humor, alongside illustrations. It carried extensive coverage of the American Civil War, including many illustrations of events from the war. During its most influential period, it was the forum of the political cartoonist Thomas Nast. History Inception Along with his brothers James, John, and Wesley, Fletcher Harper began the publishing company Harper (publisher), Harper & Brothers in 1825. Following the successful example of ''The Illustrated London News'', Harper started publishing ''Harper's Magazine'' in 1850. The monthly publication featured established authors such as Charles Dickens and William Makepeace Thackeray, and within several years, demand for the magazine was great enough to sustain a weekly edition.Palmquis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Allen Butler
William Allen Butler (February 20, 1825 – September 9, 1902) was an American lawyer and writer of poetical satires. Early life Butler was born on February 20, 1825, in Albany, New York. He was the son of the poet and lawyer Benjamin Franklin Butler and his wife Harriet Allen and, via his mother, the nephew of naval hero William Howard Allen. Butler graduated from the University of the City of New York in 1843 and became a New York lawyer.''Appleton's cyclopaedia of American biography'', 6 vols, 1888 Benjamin Franklin Butler was a prominent figure in Butler’s life, but also American history as he served as the Attorney General under President Martin Van Buren. His father had great prominence in his life and ultimately influenced him to pursue a career in law. Additionally his mother was a humanitarian and engaged in public service often. In combination, this created the attitude that formed William Allen Butler into the lawyer and scholar that he became. Butler grew up ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
American Poetry
American poetry refers to the poetry of the United States. It arose first as efforts by American colonists to add their voices to English poetry in the 17th century, well before the Constitution of the United States, constitutional unification of the Thirteen Colonies (although a strong oral tradition often likened to poetry already existed among Native Americans in the United States, Native American societies). Most of the early colonists' work was similar to contemporary English models of Meter (poetry), poetic form, diction, and Theme (literary), theme. However, in the 19th century, an American Common parlance, idiom began to emerge. By the later part of that century, List of poets from the United States, poets like Walt Whitman were winning an enthusiastic audience abroad and had joined the English-language ''avant-garde''. Much of the American poetry published between 1910 and 1945 remains lost in the pages of small circulation political periodicals, particularly the ones o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Oehlenschlager
Adam is the name given in Genesis 1–5 to the first human. Adam is the first human-being aware of God, and features as such in various belief systems (including Judaism, Christianity, Gnosticism and Islam). According to Christianity, Adam sinned in the Garden of Eden by eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. This action introduced death and sin into the world. This sinful nature infected all his descendants, and led humanity to be expelled from the Garden. Only through the crucifixion of Jesus, humanity can be redeemed. In Islam, Adam is considered ''Khalifa'' (خليفة) (successor) on earth. This is understood to mean either that he is God's deputy, the initiation of a new cycle of sentient life on earth, or both. Similar to the Biblical account, the Quran has Adam placed in a garden where he sins by taking from the Tree of Immortality, so loses his abode in the garden. When Adam repents from his sin, he is forgiven by God. This is seen as a guidance for h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Theodore Martin
Sir Theodore Martin (16 September 1816 – 18 August 1909) was a Scottish poet, biographer, and translator. Biography Martin was born in Edinburgh, the only son of Mary, the daughter of James Reid, a shipowner from Fraserburgh and James Martin, a solicitor. He was educated at the Royal High School (Edinburgh), Royal High School and attended the University of Edinburgh from 1830-1833. He practised as a solicitor in Edinburgh 1840–45, after which he went to London and became head of the firm of Martin and Leslie, parliamentary agents. His first contribution to literature was the humorous ''The Bon Gaultier Ballads, Bon Gaultier Ballads'', written along with W.E. Aytoun, which remained popular for a long time; originally contributed to a magazine, they appeared in book form in 1845. Martin's translations include Dante Alighieri, Dante's ''Vita Nuova'', Adam Oehlenschläger, Oehlenschläger's ''Correggio (play), Correggio'' and ''Aladdin'', Heinrich Heine's ''Poems and Balla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
