Born in Ireland in 1856, Oscar Wilde was a noted essayist, playwright, fairy tale writer and poet, as well as an early leader of the Aesthetic Movement. His plays include: An Ideal Husband, Salome, A Woman of No Importance, and Lady Windermere's Fan. Among his best known stories are The Picture of Dorian Gray and The Canterville Ghost.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809–49) reigned unrivaled in his mastery of mystery during his lifetime and is now widely held to be a central figure of Romanticism and gothic horror in American literature. Born in Boston, he was orphaned at age three, was expelled from West Point for gambling, and later became a well-regarded literary critic and editor. The Raven, published in 1845, made Poe famous. He died in 1849 under what remain mysterious circumstances and is buried in Baltimore, Maryland.
Charles Dickens (1812-1870) was one of England's greatest writers. Best known for his classic serialized novels, such as Oliver Twist, A Tale of Two Cities, and Great Expectations, Dickens wrote about the London he lived in, the conditions of the poor, and the growing tensions between the classes. He achieved critical and popular international success in his lifetime and was honored with burial in Westminster Abbey.
Born in 1775, Jane Austen published four of her six novels anonymously. Her work was not widely read until the late nineteenth century, and her fame grew from then on. Known for her wit and sharp insight into social conventions, her novels about love, relationships, and society are more popular year after year. She has earned a place in history as one of the most cherished writers of English literature.
Romancier et dramaturge irlandais, Charles Robert Maturin est né le 28 septembre 1780 à Dublin. En 1820, paraît son livre devenu depuis le plus célèbre, l'étrange Melmoth, ou l'Homme errant, qui marque l'apogée du genre gothique. Il meurt empoisonné accidentellement le 30 septembre 1824, à l'âge de 42 ans.
Washington Irving (1783-1859) was an American author best known for his short stories Rip Van Winkle and The Legend of Sleepy Hollow. He is largely considered to be America's first internationally best-selling author.
Born in 1804, Nathaniel Hawthorne is known for his historical tales and novels about American colonial society. After publishing The Scarlet Letter in 1850, its status as an instant bestseller allowed him to earn a living as a novelist. Full of dark romanticism, psychological complexity, symbolism, and cautionary tales, his work is still popular today. He has earned a place in history as one of the most distinguished American writers of the nineteenth century.
1802 - 1885. Fils d'un général de l'Empire, il est d'abord un poète classique et monarchiste (Odes, 1822). Mais la publication de la Préface de son drame historique Cromwell (1827) et des Orientales (1829), puis la représentation d'Hernani font de lui la meilleure incarnation du romantisme en poésie (les Feuilles d'automne, 1831 ; les Chants du crépuscule, 1835 ; les Voix intérieures, 1837 ; les Rayons et les Ombres, 1840), au théâtre (Marion de Lorme, 1831 ; Le roi s'amuse, 1832 ; Marie Tudor, 1833 ; Ruy Blas, 1838) et dans ses romans historiques (Notre-Dame de Paris, 1831), tandis qu'il évolue vers les idées libérales et le culte napoléonien. Après l'échec de sa trilogie dramatique des Burgraves (1843) et la mort de sa fille Léopoldine, il se consacre à la politique (il est pair de France en 1845). Député en 1848, il s'exile à Jersey, puis à Guernesey, après le coup d'État du 2 décembre 1851. C'est alors qu'il donne les poèmes satiriques des Châtiments (1853), dirigés contre Napoléon III, le recueil lyrique des Contemplations (1856), histoire de l'âme du poète dédiée à Léopoldine, l'épopée de la Légende des siècles (édition définitive : 1883), ainsi que des romans (les Misérables ; les Travailleurs de la mer, 1866 ; l'Homme qui rit, 1869). Rentré en France en 1870, partisan des idées républicaines, il est un personnage honoré et officiel, et, à sa mort, ses cendres sont transférées au Panthéon. - Son oeuvre dessiné (sépia, encre de Chine) est celle d'un visionnaire. (Académie française.)
Charlotte Brontë, born in 1816, was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters, and one of the nineteenth century's greatest novelists. She is the author of Villette, The Professor, several collections of poetry, and Jane Eyre, one of English literature's most beloved classics. She died in 1855.
Fyodor Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow in 1821. He died in 1881 having written some of the most celebrated works in the history of literature, including Crime and Punishment, The Idiot, and The Brothers Karamazov.
Título : 50 Classic Gothic Works Vol. 1 (Golden Deer Classics)
EAN : 9791097338008
Editorial : Oregan Publishing
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