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1881 In Poetry
Nationality words link to articles with information on the nation's poetry or literature (for instance, Irish or France). Events * Frederick James Furnivall founds the Browning Society Works published in English Canada * Rosanna Eleanor Leprohon, ''Poetical Works'', posthumously published, Canada * Pamela Vining Yule. ''Poems of the Heart and Home.'' United Kingdom * Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, ''The Love Sonnets of Proteus'' (see also ''Sonnets and Songs'' 1875, ''Love Lyrics'' 1892) * Katherine Harris Bradley and Edith Emma Cooper, writing as "Arran and Islan Leigh", ''Bellerophon, and Other Poems'' * Amy Levy, ''Xantippe, and Other Verse'' * George Moore, ''Pagan Poems'' * Constance Naden, ''Songs and Sonnets of Springtime'' * Christina Rossetti, ''A Pageant, and other Poems'' * Dante Gabriel Rossetti, ''Ballads and Sonnets'', with "The House of Life" complete, and ''Poems'' * Oscar Wilde, ''Poems'', three editions published this year, first edition in June United States * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Rossetti
Christina Georgina Rossetti (5 December 1830 – 29 December 1894) was an English writer of romanticism, romantic, devotional and children's poems, including "Goblin Market" and "Remember". She also wrote the words of two Christmas carols well known in Britain: "In the Bleak Midwinter", later set by Gustav Holst, Katherine Kennicott Davis, and Harold Darke, and "Love Came Down at Christmas", also set by Darke and other composers. She was a sister of the artist and poet Dante Gabriel Rossetti and features in several of his paintings. Early life and education Christina Rossetti was born at 38 Charlotte Street (now 110 Hallam Street), London, to Gabriele Rossetti, a poet and a political exile from Vasto, Abruzzo, Italy, since 1824, and Frances Polidori, the sister of Lord Byron's friend and physician John William Polidori. She had two brothers and a sister: Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Dante Gabriel became an influential artist and poet, and William Michael Rossetti, William Michael and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Isaacs
Jorge Isaacs Ferrer (April 1, 1837 – April 17, 1895) was a Colombian writer, politician and soldier. His only novel, '' María'', became one of the most notable works of the Romantic movement in Spanish-language literature. Biography His father was George Henry Isaacs, an English Jew originally from Jamaica. He first settled in Chocó (then part of either Gran Colombia or the Republic of New Granada), where he made a fortune from gold mining and trade with the Caribbean. He then moved to Cali where he applied for his citizenship from Simon Bolivar. He married Manuela Ferrer Scarpetta, daughter of a Spanish Navy officer. He also owned two haciendas near Cali, called "''La Manuelita''" (named after his wife) and "''El Paraíso''". The latter would provide the setting for ''María''. "El Paraiso" has been preserved as a museum, with emphasis upon its relation to the novel. Jorge Isaacs was born in Quibdo, Republic of New Granada in 1837. He was first educated in Cali, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victor Hugo
Victor-Marie Hugo, vicomte Hugo (; 26 February 1802 – 22 May 1885) was a French Romanticism, Romantic author, poet, essayist, playwright, journalist, human rights activist and politician. His most famous works are the novels ''The Hunchback of Notre-Dame'' (1831) and ''Les Misérables'' (1862). In France, Hugo is renowned for his poetry collections, such as and (''The Legend of the Ages''). Hugo was at the forefront of the Romanticism, Romantic literary movement with his play ''Cromwell (play), Cromwell'' and drama ''Hernani (drama), Hernani''. His works have inspired music, both during his lifetime and after his death, including the opera ''Rigoletto'' and the musicals ''Les Misérables (musical), Les Misérables'' and ''Notre-Dame de Paris (musical), Notre-Dame de Paris''. He produced more than 4,000 drawings in his lifetime, and campaigned for social causes such as the abolition of Capital punishment in France, capital punishment and Abolitionism, slavery. Although he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
François Coppée
François Edouard Joachim Coppée (; 26 January 1842 – 23 May 1908) was a French poet and novelist. Biography Coppée was born in Paris to a civil servant. After attending the Lycée Saint-Louis he became a clerk in the ministry of war and won public favour as a poet of the Parnassian school. His first printed verses date from 1864. In 1869, his "Poème modernes" (among others ''La Grève de forgerons'') were quite successful. In the same year, Coppée's first play, ''Le Passant'', starring Sarah Bernhardt and Madame Agar, was received with approval at the Odéon theatre, and later ''Fais ce que dois'' (1871) and ''Les Bijoux de la délivrance'' (1872), short poetic dramas inspired by the Franco-Prussian War, were applauded. After holding a post in the library of the senate, Coppée was chosen in 1878 as archivist of the Comédie Française, an office he held till 1884. In that year, his election to the Académie française caused him to retire from all public appointments. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Greenleaf Whittier
John Greenleaf Whittier (December 17, 1807 – September 7, 1892) was an American Quaker poet and advocate of the abolition of slavery in the United States. Frequently listed as one of the fireside poets, he was influenced by the Scottish poet Robert Burns. Whittier is remembered particularly for his anti-slavery writings, as well as his 1866 book '' Snow-Bound''. Early life and education Whittier was born to John and Abigail ( Hussey) Whittier at their rural homestead in Haverhill, Massachusetts, on December 17, 1807. His middle name is thought to mean ''feuillevert'', after his Huguenot forebears. He grew up on the farm in a household with his parents, a brother and two sisters, a maternal aunt and paternal uncle, and a constant flow of visitors and hired hands for the farm. As a boy, it was discovered that Whittier was color-blind when he was unable to see a difference between ripe and unripe strawberries. The farm was not very profitable, and there was only enough mone ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epes Sargent (poet)
Epes Sargent (September 27, 1813– December 30, 1880) was an American editor, poet and playwright. Early life Epes Sargent was the son of Epes Sargent (1784–1853) and Hannah Dane Coffin (1787–1819), and was born in Gloucester, Massachusetts, on September 27, 1813, where his father was a ship master. In 1818 the family moved to Roxbury, Massachusetts. From 1823 to 1829 he attended the Boston Latin School, but his education was put on hold while he traveled for six months to Saint Petersburg, Russia with his father. Upon his return he helped start the school's first literary journal, where he wrote about his travels to Russia. He then attended Harvard University where he contributed to the ''Harvard Collegian'', a college literary journal which was started by his older brother, John Osborn Sargent (1811–1891), who became a successful politician and journalist. Career By 1831 he was working as an editor for the ''Boston Daily Advertiser''. He then went to work editing the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fitz-James O'Brien
Fitz-James O'Brien (25 October 1826 — 6 April 1862) was an Irish-American writer of works in fantasy and science fiction short stories. His career was marked by a significant contribution to the American literary scene in the mid-19th century. Biography Early life and influences O'Brien was born in County Cork, Ireland; the exact date and year of his birth is debated. His first biographer, Francis Wolle, placed it between April and October of 1828. His father, James O'Brien, was an attorney of some influence, while his paternal grandparents, Michael O'Brien and Catherine Deasy, owned Brownstone House near Clonakilty. Her parents, Michael and Helen O'Driscoll, owned Baltimore House in County Limerick. After James's death in 1839/40, Eliza remarried DeCourcy O'Grady, and the family moved to Limerick, where O'Brien spent most of his teenage years. O'Brien had a privileged upbringing, taking up activities like hunting, fishing, horseback riding, boating, and shooting. He also l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joel Chandler Harris
Joel Chandler Harris (December 9, 1848 – July 3, 1908) was an American journalist and folklorist best known for his collection of Uncle Remus stories. Born in Eatonton, Georgia, where he served as an apprentice on a plantation during his teenage years, Harris spent most of his adult life in Atlanta working as an associate editor at ''The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, The Atlanta Constitution''. Harris led two professional lives: as the editor and journalist known as Joe Harris, he supported a vision of the New South with the editor Henry W. Grady (1880–1889), which stressed regional and racial reconciliation after the Reconstruction era; as Joel Chandler Harris, fiction writer and folklorist, he wrote many 'Brer Rabbit' stories from the African-American oral tradition. Life Education: 1848–1862 Joel Chandler Harris was born in Eatonton, Georgia, in 1848 to Mary Ann Harris, an Irish immigrant. His father, whose identity remains unknown, abandoned Mary Ann shortly afte ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James T
James may refer to: People * James (given name) * James (surname) * James (musician), aka Faruq Mahfuz Anam James, (born 1964), Bollywood musician * James, brother of Jesus * King James (other), various kings named James * Prince James (other) * Saint James (other) Places Canada * James Bay, a large body of water * James, Ontario United Kingdom * James College, a college of the University of York United States * James, Georgia, an unincorporated community * James, Iowa, an unincorporated community * James City, North Carolina * James City County, Virginia ** James City (Virginia Company) ** James City Shire * James City, Pennsylvania * St. James City, Florida Film and television * ''James'' (2005 film), a Bollywood film * ''James'' (2008 film), an Irish short film * ''James'' (2022 film), an Indian Kannada-language film * "James", a television episode of ''Adventure Time'' Music * James (band), a band from Manchester ** ''James'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ina Coolbrith
Ina Donna Coolbrith (born Josephine Donna Smith; March 10, 1841 – February 29, 1928) was an American poet, writer, librarian, and a prominent figure in the San Francisco Bay Area literary community. Called the "Sweet Singer of California", she was the first California Poet Laureate and the first poet laureate of any American state. Coolbrith, born the niece of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints founder Joseph Smith, left the Mormon community as a child to enter her teens in Los Angeles, California, where she began to publish poetry. She terminated a youthful failed marriage to make her home in San Francisco, and met writers Bret Harte and Charles Warren Stoddard with whom she formed the "Golden Gate Trinity" closely associated with the literary journal ''Overland Monthly''. Her poetry received positive notice from critics and established poets such as Mark Twain, Ambrose Bierce and Alfred Lord Tennyson. She held literary salons at her home in Russian Hill— ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Bailey Aldrich
Thomas Bailey Aldrich ( ; November 11, 1836 – March 19, 1907) was an American writer, poet, critic, and editor. He is notable for his long editorship of ''The Atlantic Monthly'', during which he published writers including Charles W. Chesnutt. He was also known for his semi-autobiographical book '' The Story of a Bad Boy'', which established the "bad boy's book" subgenre in nineteenth-century American literature, and for his poetry. Biography Early life and education Thomas Bailey Aldrich was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on November 11, 1836, to Elias T. Aldrich and Sara Aldrich, née Bailey. When Aldrich was a child, his father moved to New Orleans, but after 10 years, Aldrich was sent back to Portsmouth to prepare for college. This period of his life is partly described in his semi-autobiographical novel ''The Story of a Bad Boy'' (1870), in which "Tom Bailey" is the juvenile hero. Early career Aldrich abandoned college preparations after his father's death in 1849. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
