Here is a troubled individual who struggled right through his short life to find himself. The fact that he put so much time and effort into his one great epic piece of work (The Bridge) suggests that he thought that this would be the answer. It failed though and, because of that, he found himself mentally and physically crushed. He had been ...
Thomas Hood was a British poet, journalist and humorist and his often irreverent, satirical style of writing almost seems out of place for the time in which he lived. If you can imagine transporting the 20th Century writers of Private Eye or Punch back to the early 19th century then you would get some idea of Hood’s modus operandi. He made fun ...
Poet Tony Harrison was born in Leeds in the UK in 1937 and is noted for controversial works such as V that was criticized for its excessive profanity when aired on television. He is recognized as a film and theater poet, a writer from a working class background who has a strong grounding in the classics. Tony Harrison grew up on the ...
Musician, poet, and writer Sidney Lanier was born in Georgia in 1842 and is considered one of the greatest poets produced by the South in the 19th Century. Born into a family that was steeped in Southern traditions and writing, he went to Oglethorpe College where he distinguished himself during his time there, particularly in the arena of debate. He wanted to ...
The 20th century was not an easy time to be a writer in Central and Eastern Europe and Wisława Szymborska struggled along with many of her Polish compatriots. Yet, somehow, she survived the worst of times and survived to a ripe old age, seeing her country transformed and gradually brought out of the pit that represented the dark days of Communism into ...
