William Collins (1) (1721–1759)
Autor/a de The Poetical Works of Gray and Collins
Per altres autors anomenats William Collins, vegeu la pàgina de desambiguació.
Sobre l'autor
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'n més 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'n menys
Obres de William Collins
The Complete Poetical Works of William Collins, Thomas Gray, and Oliver Goldsmith. With Biographical Sketches and… (2006) 1 exemplars
Poems by William Collins, two vols. 4th ed. 1 exemplars
Persian eclogues 1 exemplars
The Poetical Works Of Collins, Gray And Beattie, With Lord Byron's English Bards And Scotch Reviewers, Hours Of… (2010) 1 exemplars
Obres associades
The Best Poems of the English Language: From Chaucer Through Robert Frost (2004) — Col·laborador — 1,046 exemplars
English Verse: Volume 3: The Eighteenth Century: Swift to Crabbe (Penguin Classics) (1995) — Col·laborador — 11 exemplars
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Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1721-12-25
- Data de defunció
- 1759-06-12
- Lloc d'enterrament
- St. Andrew's Church, Chichester, England
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- England
UK - Lloc de naixement
- Chichester, Sussex, England, UK
- Lloc de defunció
- London, England, UK
- Llocs de residència
- Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK
- Educació
- University of Oxford (Magdalen and Queen's Colleges)
- Professions
- poet
translator
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The Poems of Gray and Collins (Revised Fourth Edition) de 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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- Obres
- 17
- També de
- 6
- Membres
- 154
- Popularitat
- #135,795
- Valoració
- 4.1
- Ressenyes
- 1
- ISBN
- 60
- Llengües
- 2