Medailonky autorů
MacNeice, Louis. (1907 - 1963).
L i f e
- born in Northern Ireland > his poetry marked by ambiguity and his divided loyalty between Ireland x England
- unlike the other Auden Circle poets remained neutral both in terms of...
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Macpherson, James. (1736 - 1796).
W o r k
- pretended to have discovered and translated the works of the 3rd century Scottish Gaelic poet ‘Ossian, the son of Fingal’
> contributed to the widely received Romantic image of the...
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Mansfield, Katherine. (1888 - 1923).
L i f e
- born in New Zealand, received higher education in London, and finally settled here
- involved in a number of love affairs, married suddenly, and left the man the same evening
- got pregnant by...
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Masefield, John. (1878 - 1967).
W o r k
P o e t r y :
- preoccupied with the variety, wilderness, and desolation of the sea
- uses inventive and original sea-language
> appointed Poet Laureate (1930 - 1967)
Salt-Water...
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McEwan, Ian. (b. 1948).
W o r k
- early period: notoriously controversial in subject matter, exploits dark, perverse, even gothic material
- contrasts repudiating horror themes concerning violence, murder, incest, paedophilia, etc. x...
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McGrath, John. (1935 - 2002).
W o r k
- a playwright of Irish origin, grew up in Wales, and fought for the Scottish independence in his plays
- founded the touring left-wing 7:84 Theatre Company (7% of population own 84% of wealth)
- uses...
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Meredith, George. (1828 - 1909).
W o r k
- wrote novels in a "Comic Spirit" x but: on serious subjects
- notable for his dialogue scenes and his female characters
> created sensation with his free-thinking and free-ranging...
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Monro, Harold. (1879 - 1932).
W o r k
- founded the Poetry Bookshop (1912) in London
- helped many of the poets of his time with publication as well as living (e.g. Wilfred Owen lodged in the rooms above the bookshop)
- published...
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Morgan, Edwin. (b. 1920).
W o r k
- an extremely versatile and prolific Scottish poet, lecturer, and translator
- uses a wide range of forms and styles: sonnet, concrete poetry, Beat poetry, science-fiction poems, sound poetry, etc.
-...
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Morris, William. (1834 - 1896).
W o r k
- revolutionised English design in textiles, embroidery, and tapestry
- also wrote poetry, fantasy fiction and romances, and translations, mostly from the Icelandic language
P o e t r y...
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Naipaul, Vidiadhar Surajprasad. (b. 1932).
L i f e
- born in Trinidad, the English-speaking Caribbean, in a family of Indian descent x but: settled in England
W o r k
- a novelist, short story writer, travel book writer, and author of non-fiction,...
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O'Casey, Sean. (1880 - 1964).
L i f e
- born John Casey, a poor Protestant Dubliner by birth
W o r k
- the last major early 20th century Irish dramatist to be associated with the Dublin Abbey Theatre
- his plays based on his own...
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Orton, Joe. (1933 - 1967).
W o r k
- distrusted all systems of authority and control, strongly perceived the potential of the state to oppress the citizen
- fought back against authority with an anarchic verbal...
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Orwell, George. (1903 - 1950).
L i f e
- born Eric Arthur Blair in India, educated due to a scholarship in a private boarding school in England
- suffered under a sense of guilt about British colonialism and a feeling he must make some...
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Osborne, John. (1929 - 1994).
W o r k
- freed the theatre of the formal constraints of the former generation, introduced a new kind of drama challenging the middle-class virtues of ‘the well-made play’
- shifted emphasis on language,...
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