Dowden, Edward

Dowden, Edward
   LL.D., D.C.L.
(b. 1843)
   Literary critic, etc. Shakespeare, his Mind and Art (1875), Shakespeare Primer (1877), Studies in Literature (1878), The French Revolution and English Literature (1897), A History of French Literature (1897), books on Shelley, Browning, Montaigne; ed. Shakespeare's Sonnets, The Passionate Pilgrim (1883), the Correspondence of Henry Taylor, Works of Shelley, Wordsworth, etc.

Short biographical dictionary of English literature . . 2011.

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  • Dowden, Edward — (1843 1913)    Born in Cork, the son of an Irish merchant and landowner, he was educated at Queen s College, Cork, and Trinity College, Dublin, from where he graduated in 1863. He was appointed professor of English literature at Trinity in 1867 a …   British and Irish poets

  • Dowden, Edward — ▪ Irish critic born May 3, 1843, Cork, County Cork, Ire. died April 4, 1913, Dublin  Irish critic, biographer, and poet, noted for his critical work on Shakespeare (Shakespeare, William).       Educated at Queen s College, Cork, and Trinity… …   Universalium

  • DOWDEN, EDWARD —    literary critic, professor of English Literature in Dublin University, born in Cork; is distinguished specially as a Shakesperian; is author of Shakespeare: a Study of his Mind and Art, Introduction to Shakespeare, and Shakesperian Sonnets,… …   The Nuttall Encyclopaedia

  • Edward Dowden — (May 3, 1843–April 4, 1913), was an Irish critic and poet.He was the son of John Wheeler Dowden, a merchant and landowner, and was born at Cork, three years after his brother John, who became Bishop of Edinburgh in 1886. Edward s literary tastes… …   Wikipedia

  • Dowden — ist der Familienname von: Abraham Rinkle Dowden (1839 1907), US amerikanischer Politiker Bradley Dowden, US amerikanischer Philosoph Corey Dowden, ehemaliger US amerikanischer Footballprofi Edward Dowden (1843 1913), irischer Poet und Kritiker… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Edward of Aberdeen — Edward [Ēadweard, Eadward, Édouard, Étbard] was a 12th century prelate based in Scotland. He occurs in the records for the first time as Bishop of Aberdeen in a document datable to some point between 1147 and 1151. His immediate predecessor, as… …   Wikipedia

  • Dowden — (spr. dauden), Edward, engl. Dichter und Literarhistoriker, geb. 3. Mai 1843 in Cork, studierte am Trinity College in Dublin und erhielt an demselben mit 24 Jahren die Professur der englischen Literatur, die er noch jetzt bekleidet. Von seinen… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Dowden — [dou′dən] Edward 1843 1913; Ir. critic, biographer, & Shakespearean scholar …   English World dictionary

  • Dowden — biographical name Edward 1843 1913 Irish literary critic …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • Dowden — /dowd n/, n. Edward, 1843 1913, Irish critic and poet. * * * …   Universalium

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