Christopher Smart (1722–1771)
Autor von Selected Poems
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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 mehr anzeigen 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) weniger anzeigen
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Hymns 1 Exemplar
The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume V. The Works of Horace, Translated Into Verse (1996) 1 Exemplar
Poems on Several Occasions 1 Exemplar
The Midwife ; or the Old Woman's Magazine 1 Exemplar
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The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Mitwirkender — 1,058 Exemplare
Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 928 Exemplare
The Sophisticated Cat: A Gathering of Stories, Poems, and Miscellaneous Writings About Cats (1992) — Mitwirkender — 100 Exemplare
The Roads from Bethlehem: Christmas Literature from Writers Ancient and Modern (1993) — Mitwirkender — 29 Exemplare
The Norton Anthology of English Literature, 4th Edition, Volume 1 (1974) — Mitwirkender — 20 Exemplare
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Mitwirkender — 11 Exemplare
Anthology of Romanticism Volume Two: Selections From The Pre-Romantic Movement — Mitwirkender — 1 Exemplar
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- Andere Namen
- Kit Smart
Kitty Smart
Jack Smart
Mrs. Mary Midnight - Geburtstag
- 1722-04-11
- Todestag
- 1771-05-21
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- Great Britain
- Land (für Karte)
- UK
- Geburtsort
- Shipbourne, Kent, England, Great Britain
- Sterbeort
- London, England, Great Britain
- Wohnorte
- 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 - Ausbildung
- University of Cambridge (Pembroke College, BA, MA)
Maidstone School, Maidstone, Kent, England, Great Britain
Durham School, Durham, England, Great Britain - Berufe
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- John Newbury (friend)
Samuel Johnson (friend)
Peter Smart (father)
Winifred Griffith (mother)
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