Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
Auteur de Selected Poems
A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
Séries
Œuvres de Christopher Smart
Poems 5 exemplaires
A song to David, with other poems by Christopher Smart; chosen, with biographical and critical preface and notes, by… 4 exemplaires
Collected Poems 2 4 exemplaires
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume III. A Translation of the Psalms of David: Translation of the Psalms of… (1987) 3 exemplaires
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume IV. Miscellaneous Poems, English and Latin: Miscellaneous Poems,… (1987) 3 exemplaires
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume II: Religious Poetry, 1763-1771 (Poetical Works of Christopher Smart… (1984) 2 exemplaires
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume V: The Works of Horace, Translated into Verse 1 exemplaire
Hymns 1 exemplaire
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume V. The Works of Horace, Translated Into Verse (1996) 1 exemplaire
Poems on Several Occasions 1 exemplaire
The Midwife ; or the Old Woman's Magazine 1 exemplaire
On the power of the Supreme Being. A poetical essay 1 exemplaire
Inno a David e altre poesie 1 exemplaire
Oeuvres associées
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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Contributeur, quelques éditions — 917 exemplaires
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Contributeur — 99 exemplaires
The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern (1993) — Contributeur — 29 exemplaires
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (1974) — Contributeur — 20 exemplaires
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Contributeur — 11 exemplaires
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Contributeur — 1 exemplaire
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Autres noms
- Kit Smart
Kitty Smart
Jack Smart
Mrs. Mary Midnight - Date de naissance
- 1722-04-11
- Date de décès
- 1771-05-21
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- Great Britain
- Pays (pour la carte)
- UK
- Lieu de naissance
- Shipbourne, Kent, England, Great Britain
- Lieu du décès
- London, England, Great Britain
- Lieux de résidence
- 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 - Études
- University of Cambridge (Pembroke College, BA, MA)
Maidstone School, Maidstone, Kent, England, Great Britain
Durham School, Durham, England, Great Britain - Professions
- poet
tutor
playwright - Relations
- John Newbury (friend)
Samuel Johnson (friend)
Peter Smart (father)
Winifred Griffith (mother)
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Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 38
- Aussi par
- 16
- Membres
- 289
- Popularité
- #80,898
- Évaluation
- 4.0
- Critiques
- 4
- ISBN
- 27
- Langues
- 1
- Favoris
- 3