Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
- Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton
(1823-1896)
Poet, s. of Peter George P., also an author, b. at Woodford, Essex, was in the printed book department of the British Museum. He pub. Tamerton Church Tower (1853), and between 1854 and 1862 the four poems which, combined, form his masterpiece, The Angel in the House, a poetic celebration of married love. In 1864 he entered the Church of Rome. Thereafter he pub. The Unknown Eros (1877), Amelia (1878), and Rod, Root, and Flower (1895), meditations chiefly on religious subjects. His works are full of graceful and suggestive thought, but occasionally suffer from length and discursiveness. He was successful in business matters, and in character was energetic, masterful, and combative. He numbered Tennyson and Ruskin among his friends, was associated with the pre-Raphaelites, and was a contributor to their organ, the Germ.
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John W. Cousin.
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Patmore, Coventry Kersey Dighton — (1823 1896) Born at Woodford, Essex, the son of the author P.G. Patmore, he grew up without any sense of direction. When his father lost his money in 1845 through faulty speculations, he was forced to earn a living, firstly by freelance… … British and Irish poets
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Coventry Patmore — Coventry Patmore, painted by John Singer Sargent Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (23 July 1823 26 November 1896) was an English poet and critic best known for The Angel in the House, his narrative poem about an ideal happy marriage. Contents … Wikipedia
Coventry Patmore — (Gemälde von John Singer Sargent, um 1890) Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (* 23. Juli 1823 in Woodford, Essex, England; † 26. November 1896 in Lymington, Hampshire, England) war ein britischer … Deutsch Wikipedia
Coventry Patmore — Coventry Patmore, peint par John Singer Sargent. Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (23 juillet 1823 26 novembre 1896) était un poète anglais et un critique littéraire plus particulièrement connu pour son poème narratif The Angel in the House,… … Wikipédia en Français
Patmore — [ pætmɔː], Coventry Kersey Dighton, englischer Schriftsteller, * Woodford (County Essex) 23. 7. 1823, ✝ Lymington 26. 11. 1896; 1846 65 Bibliothekar am Britischen Museum; stand den Präraffaeliten nahe. Bekannt wurde sein Gedichtzyklus »The… … Universal-Lexikon
Patmore — biographical name Coventry (Kersey Dighton) 1823 1896 English poet … New Collegiate Dictionary
Patmore — /pat mawr, mohr/, n. Coventry (Kersey Dighton) /kov euhn tree kerr zee duyt n, duv euhn /, 1823 96, English poet and essayist. * * * … Universalium
Patmore — /ˈpætmɔ/ (say patmaw) noun Coventry Kersey Dighton /ˈkʌvəntri kɜzi ˈdaɪtn/ (say kuvuhntree kerzee duytn), 1823–96, English poet, whose works include The Angel in the House (1854–62) and The Unknown Eros (1877) …
Patmore — /pat mawr, mohr/, n. Coventry (Kersey Dighton) /kov euhn tree kerr zee duyt n, duv euhn /, 1823 96, English poet and essayist … Useful english dictionary
