William Collins (1) (1721–1759)
Autore di The Poetical Works of Gray and Collins
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Sull'Autore
Collins published only a handful of poems before insanity clouded the remainder of his brief life. In 1754 he was confined to an asylum, having suffered from mental illness since 1751. His odes and lyrics, often difficult for the casual reader to grasp, have come to be regarded by some eminent mostra altro critics as masterworks and touchstones of political taste. The young Coleridge wrote that Collins's Ode on the Poetical Character (1747) had moved him as much as anything in Shakespeare. Two of his other best-known works are Ode to Evening and Ode Written in the Beginning of the Year 1746. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Opere di William Collins
The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith. With Biographical Sketches and… (2006) 1 copia
Persian eclogues 1 copia
The Poetical Works Of Collins, Gray And Beattie, With Lord Byron's English Bards And Scotch Reviewers, Hours Of… (2010) 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Collaboratore — 1,058 copie
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Collaboratore — 11 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1721-12-25
- Data di morte
- 1759-06-12
- Luogo di sepoltura
- St. Andrew's Church, Chichester, England
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- England
UK - Luogo di nascita
- Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- London, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Magdalen and Queen's Colleges)
- Attività lavorative
- poet
translator
Utenti
Recensioni
The Poems of Gray and Collins (Revised Fourth Edition) di Thomas Gray
I far preferred Gray's work to that of Collins. The latter's Eclogues were fine, but much of the rest of his poetry left me cold. I think it may be that he made many references to issues and people topical for him, of which I have neither knowledge nor interest. Gray, however, deals with more universal, timeless themes, which remain relevant despite the stretch of time since he wrote. I suppose it is no accident that Gray is the more remembered.
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- Voto
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