Tag: English

Fanny Cornforth

(1835–1909) Fanny Cornforth, born Sarah Cox Photograph by W. & D. Downey, Newcastle, 1863. Fanny Cornforth in 1907. Fanny Cornforth in Art: Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Bocca Baciata 1859 Museum of Fine Arts, Boston     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Fair Rosamund…

Jane Morris

(1839–1914) Jane Morris, née Burden Jane Morris in Art: Burne-Jones, Edward (1833-1898) The Annunciation and the Adoration of the Magi 1861 Tate Britain, London     Morris, William (1834-1896) La Belle Iseult 1858 Tate Britain, London     Rossetti, Dante Gabriel (1828-1882) Proserpine 1874 Tate…

Dante Gabriel Rossetti

(1828–1882) Gabriel Charles Dante Rossetti The artist’s works: Self-Portrait 1847 National Portrait Gallery, London Ecce Ancilla Domini 1850 Tate Britain, London Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Private collection Study for Giotto Painting the Portrait of Dante 1852 Tate Britain, London Paolo…

John Milton

(1608–1674) Works: • Areopagitica (English) • An Introduction to the Prose and Poetical Works of John Milton (English) • L’Allegro, Il Penseroso, Comus, and Lycidas (English) • Le Paradis Perdu (French) • Milton’s Comus (English) • Minor Poems (English) •…

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

(1806–1861) Elizabeth Barrett Browning, née Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett Works: • Aurora Leigh (English) • ‘He Giveth His Beloved Sleep’ (English) • O May I Join the Choir Invisible! and Other Favorite Poems (English) • The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning,…

Robert Browning

(1812–1889) Works: • A Blot in the ‘Scutcheon (English) • An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning’s Poetry (English) • Browning’s Shorter Poems (English) • Christmas Eve (English) • Dramatic Romances (English) • Life and Letters of Robert Browning…

John Dryden

(1631–1700) Works: • All for Love; Or, The World Well Lost: A Tragedy (English) • Discourses on Satire and on Epic Poetry (English) • Dryden’s Palamon and Arcite (English) • His Majesties Declaration Defended (English) • The Aeneid, Translated by…

Geoffrey Chaucer

(c.1343–1400) Works: • Chaucer for Children: A Golden Key (English) • Chaucer’s Translation of Boethius’s “De Consolatione Philosophiae” (English) • Chaucer’s Works, Volume 1 (English) • Chaucer’s Works, Volume 2 (English) • Chaucer’s Works, Volume 3 (English) • Chaucer’s Works,…

William Wordsworth

(1770–1850) Works: • Lyrical Ballads, with a Few Other Poems,1798 (English) • Lyrical Ballads, with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 1 (English) • Lyrical Ballads with Other Poems, 1800, Volume 2 (English) • Poems, Volume 1 (English) • Poems, Volume 2 (English)…

Alfred, Lord Tennyson

(1809–1892) Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, FRS Works: • Beauties of Tennyson (English) • Becket and other plays (English) • Elaine (French) • Énide (French) • Enoch Arden, &c. (English) • Genièvre (French) • Idylls of the King (English) •…