Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
Autor de Selected Poems
Sobre El Autor
Son of a viscount, Smart was educated at Cambridge, where he was a lecturer in philosophy and rhetoric until 1752. Smart also spent his early years as a journalist and a writer of occasional verse. Subject to religious mania and an overexcited mind, Smart suffered a breakdown and spent several mostrar más years in mental asylums. It is said that during his confinement, deprived of paper and pen, he scratched with a key on the wainscot of his room his masterpiece, A Song to David (1763). In 1771, in debt and sunk in drunkenness, Smart was confined to King's Bench Prison, where he died. In his greatest poetry, Smart wrote rationally but ecstatically, shedding the narrow poetic shackles of his time. His verse anticipates the poetry of Blake, especially in Jubilate Agno (Rejoice in the Lamb), also from Smart's "mad" period, in which the poet glorifies all the creatures of God; there is a charming section on his cat Jeoffry. Benjamin Britten (see Vol. 3) has set Rejoice in the Lamb to music. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Series
Obras de Christopher Smart
Poems 5 copias
Collected Poems 2 4 copias
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume III. A Translation of the Psalms of David: Translation of the Psalms of… (1987) 3 copias
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume IV. Miscellaneous Poems, English and Latin: Miscellaneous Poems,… (1987) 3 copias
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume II: Religious Poetry, 1763-1771 (Poetical Works of Christopher Smart… (1984) 2 copias
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume V: The Works of Horace, Translated into Verse 1 copia
Hymns 1 copia
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume V. The Works of Horace, Translated Into Verse (1996) 1 copia
Poems on Several Occasions 1 copia
Inno a David e altre poesie 1 copia
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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contribuidor, algunas ediciones — 925 copias
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Contribuidor — 100 copias
The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern (1993) — Contribuidor — 29 copias
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Contribuidor — 11 copias
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Contribuidor — 1 copia
Etiquetado
Conocimiento común
- Otros nombres
- Kit Smart
Kitty Smart
Jack Smart
Mrs. Mary Midnight - Fecha de nacimiento
- 1722-04-11
- Fecha de fallecimiento
- 1771-05-21
- Género
- male
- Nacionalidad
- Great Britain
- País (para mapa)
- UK
- Lugar de nacimiento
- Shipbourne, Kent, England, Great Britain
- Lugar de fallecimiento
- London, England, Great Britain
- Lugares de residencia
- Shipbourne, Kent, England, Great Britain (birth)
London, England, UK (death)
Durham, England, Great Britain
St. James Park, London, England, Great Britain
Hall Place, East Barming, Kent, England, Great Britain
Canonbury House, Islington, London, England, Great Britain - Educación
- University of Cambridge (Pembroke College, BA, MA)
Maidstone School, Maidstone, Kent, England, Great Britain
Durham School, Durham, England, Great Britain - Ocupaciones
- poet
tutor
playwright - Relaciones
- John Newbury (friend)
Samuel Johnson (friend)
Peter Smart (father)
Winifred Griffith (mother)
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- Obras
- 38
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- 16
- Miembros
- 289
- Popularidad
- #80,898
- Valoración
- 4.0
- Reseñas
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- ISBNs
- 27
- Idiomas
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- Favorito
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