John Masefield (1878–1967)
Auteur van The Box of Delights
Over de Auteur
Once one of the most popular English poets of the century, Masefield has fallen into undeserved neglect since his death. He was born in a Victorian house with rural vistas, which he later recalled as "living in Paradise." In childhood, he had a series of intense, visionary experiences inspired by toon meer both nature and literature, which gave him a habitual sense of participation in a greater life. These had weakened by 1891, when he entered training for the merchant naval service. An officer on the White Star Line's Adriatic, he jumped ship in New York in 1895 and roamed across America. He returned to England two years later when a recovery of his intense childhood visions convinced him he could succeed as a writer. Masefield excelled more at narrative than at symbolism. His first book, "Salt Water Poems and Ballads" (1902), displayed the allegiance to outcasts and wanderers that marks his subject matter. The musicality of that volume derives partly from the strong early influence of W. B. Yeats. Increasingly, Masefield experimented with colloquial diction, particularly from the lower classes. His "The Everlasting Mercy" (1911) recounted the conversion of a rural scoundrel in language that astonished many readers. Highly prolific, he produced more than 20 volumes of fiction, 17 plays, and other prose work besides his major volumes of poetry. Masefield still appeals particularly to the common reader. He was appointed poet laureate in 1930. (Bowker Author Biography) toon minder
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Werken van John Masefield
On the Spanish main; or, some English forays on the Isthmus of Darien. With a description of the buccaneers and a short… (1906) 22 exemplaren
Multitude and Solitude 12 exemplaren
I want! I want! 6 exemplaren
Poetry: A lecture given at the Queen's Hall in London, on Thursday, October 15th, 1931 (1931) 5 exemplaren
Lollingdon Downs and other poems, with sonnets 5 exemplaren
The Country Scene 5 exemplaren
Collected Plays 3 exemplaren
A Macbeth Production 3 exemplaren
Tribute to Ballet 3 exemplaren
An English prose miscellany 2 exemplaren
The street of today 2 exemplaren
Ballads 2 exemplaren
St. George and the dragon 2 exemplaren
Some verses to some Germans 2 exemplaren
Lines on the Tercentenary of Harvard University 1 exemplaar
Coronation Of Their Majesties King George VI And Queens Elizabeth: Official Souvenir Programme (1st) 1 exemplaar
The Captive of the Smugglers 1 exemplaar
The Trial of Jesus a Play 1 exemplaar
Being Alone (short story) 1 exemplaar
Dampier's Voyages: Consisting of a New Voyage Round the World, a Supplement to the Voyage Round the World, Two… (2018) 1 exemplaar
Davy Jones's Gift. (short story) 1 exemplaar
End and beginning 1 exemplaar
The Box of Delights 1 exemplaar
A Masque of Liverpool 1 exemplaar
Children's books of yesterday 1 exemplaar
Coronation Of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 2, The 1 exemplaar
The War and the Future 1 exemplaar
The taking of Helen, and other prose selections 1 exemplaar
The Works of John Masefield 1 exemplaar
Rosas 1 exemplaar
Servants of the light: the ballad of Sir Bors 1 exemplaar
sonnets 1 exemplaar
The Ballad of Sir Bors, 1 exemplaar
Shakespeare & Spiritual Life. The Romanes Lecture Delivered at the Sheldonian Theatre 4 June 1924. 1 exemplaar
Poems By John Masefield. Vol. I 1 exemplaar
Recent Prose 1 exemplaar
The Western Islands 1 exemplaar
Gautama the Enlightened 1 exemplaar
The Way Of The Buccaneers 1 exemplaar
The starry night 1 exemplaar
Easter 1 exemplaar
Brangwen: The Poet and the Dancer: A Story Based on Letters from the Poet Laureate John Masefield (1988) 1 exemplaar
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Algemene kennis
- Gangbare naam
- Masefield, John
- Officiële naam
- Masefield, John Edward
- Geboortedatum
- 1878-06-01
- Overlijdensdatum
- 1967-05-12
- Graflocatie
- Westminster Abbey, London, England, UK
- Geslacht
- male
- Nationaliteit
- UK
- Geboorteplaats
- Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK
- Plaats van overlijden
- Abingdon, Berkshire, England, UK
- Woonplaatsen
- Ledbury, Herefordshire, England, UK
- Opleiding
- King's School, Warwick, England, UK
- Beroepen
- poet
poet laureate (UK)
novelist
ambulance driver (WWI)
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- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Foreign Honorary|Literature|1930)
National Book League (first president)
Society of Authors (president|1937) - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- Royal Society of Literature Companion of Literature
Order of Merit (1935)
Poet Laureate
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