Literary Library

Hannah More

by Angela Beck
February 2, 1745 - September 7, 1833English religious writer, poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Inflexible Captive", "Fatal Falsehood" and "Coeleb...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Religion Religious Theater Theatre

Sean O'Brien

by Angela Beck
December 19, 1952 - British poet, critic, playwright and professorAuthor of "Downriver" (for which he was shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot Prize in...
British Critic England English English Poetry Great Britain Griffin Poetry Prize Play Plays Playwright Professor T. S. Eliot Prize Teach Teacher Theater Theatre University

Christopher Fry

by Angela Beck
December 18, 1907 - June 30, 2005English poet and playwrightAuthor of "The Lady's Not for Burning" (for which he won the New York Drama Critics Aw...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain NY Drama Critics Award Play Plays Playwright Poem Poems Poet Poetry Theater Theatre Tony Award

Ford Madox Ford

by Angela Beck
December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939English novelist, poet, critic and editorAuthor of "The Inheritors" (written with Joseph Conrad), "The Good Sold...
British Critic Editor England English English Poetry Great Britain Novel Novelist Poem Poems Poet Poetry The English Review

Anna Seward

by Angela Beck
December 12, 1742 - March 25, 1809English Romantic poetAuthor of "Louisa: A Poetical Novel, in Four Epistles", "Llangollen Vale, 1976" and "Memoir...
British England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Romantic

Emily Dickinson

by Angela Beck
December 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886.English Poet Most of her poems were published posthumously by her sister including "Because I Could Not Stop ...
England English English Poetry Poem Poems Poet Poetry

John Milton

by Angela Beck
December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674English poet and civil servantAuthor of "Areopagitica", "Paradise Lost" and "Paradise Regained"
British Civil Servant England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Christina Rossetti

by Angela Beck
December 5, 1830 - December 29, 1894English writer of romantic, devotional and children's poemsAuthor of "Goblin Market", "The Prince's Progress a...
British Children's Poem Children's Poet Devotional Devotions England English English Poetry Great Britain Poem Poems Poet Poetry Romance Romantic

Sir Herbert Edward Read

by Angela Beck
December 4, 1893 - June 12, 1968English art historian, poet, literary critic and philosopherAuthor of "The Meaning of Art", "To Hell With Culture, ...
Art Art Historian Artist Arts British Critic England English English History English Poetry Great Britain Literary Critic Philosopher Philosophy Poem Poems Poet Poetry

Sir Philip Sidney

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1554 - October 17, 1586English poet, courtier, scholar and soldierAuthor of "Astrophel and Stella", "The Countess of Pembroke Arcadia...
Courtier English English Poetry Military Poem Poems Poet Poetry Scholar Soldier

Jacque Barzun

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1907 - October 25, 2012French-American historian, writer, novelist and soldierAuthor of "The House of Intellect" (for which he was nom...
English Poetry France French Historian history Military National Book Award Novel Novelist Poetry Soldier Writer