Alfred Noyes (1) (1880–1958)
Autore di The Highwayman
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Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress)
Serie
Opere di Alfred Noyes
Collected Poems Vol. II: The Enchanted Island, Sherwood, Tales of the Mermaid Tavern, New Poems (Volume 2) (1913) 37 copie
The Elfin Artist 6 copie
Midnight Express 4 copie
Orchard's Bay 4 copie
A Belgian Christmas eve,: Being "Rada" rewritten and enlarged as an episode of the great war, (2009) 3 copie
A Book of Princeton Verse, Volume I — A cura di — 2 copie
The Lusitania Waits 2 copie
Rada A Belgium Christmas Eve 1 copia
Open Boats 1 copia
The Loom of Years 1 copia
Mystery Ships: Trapping the "U" Boat: (With Newly Added Photographs of British Warships) (2017) 1 copia
The Log of the Evening Star 1 copia
Some aspects of modern poetry 1 copia
"Helicon" poetry series 1 copia
A Song of Drake's Men {poem} 1 copia
Opere correlate
The Children's Treasury: Best Loved Stories and Poems from Around the World (1987) — Collaboratore — 148 copie
Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border / The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott (1830) — A cura di, alcune edizioni — 49 copie
Selected Stories of Great Authors — Collaboratore — 3 copie
Rosemary — Collaboratore — 1 copia
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1880-09-18
- Data di morte
- 1958-06-28
- Luogo di sepoltura
- Freshwater, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Nazione (per mappa)
- England, UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Ryde, Isle of Wight, England, UK
- Luogo di residenza
- Princeton, New Jersey, USA
Isle of Wight, England, UK - Istruzione
- University of Oxford (Exeter College)
- Attività lavorative
- poet
teacher
autobiographer
short story writer
playwright
Utenti
Discussioni
THE DEEP ONES: "The Lusitania Waits" by Alfred Noyes in The Weird Tradition (Marzo 2021)
Recensioni
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Premi e riconoscimenti
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 68
- Opere correlate
- 39
- Utenti
- 899
- Popolarità
- #28,501
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 17
- ISBN
- 74
- Lingue
- 1
- Preferito da
- 2
I first heard it when my teacher read it out to my form group at the end of term in December 1988. We were the only class in school not allowed a Christmas party because the teacher didn't believe this should be allowed, so he read us a series of poems & stories, of which "The Highwayman" is the only one I remember. I liked it as it has a strong story and I've always had a fascination with highway robbers.
Not long after this, I saw the video to Fleetwood Mac's "Everywhere", which is inspired by "The Highwayman" poem. I've watched this on and off over the years & listened to the song countless times, so I guess this has kept the poem in my memory all this time.
It never occurred to me to re-read it. The only reason I have now done so is because the poem was featured in Wallis Peel's non-fiction book on highwaymen and highwaywomen called "Stand and Deliver".
I remembered a lot of it, including the outcome, because the "Everywhere" video reveals it, but this didn't spoil anything. It's short and to the point with a vivid narrative and a supernatural twist.… (altro)