Книга: Walter Fairfax «Robert Browning And The Drama (1891)»

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• Browning — (spr. braun ), 1) Robert, engl. Dichter, geb. 7. Mai 1812 in Camberwell bei London, gest. 12. Dez. 1889 in Venedig. Seiner Abstammung nach ist er Engländer vom väterlichen Großvater her, Schotte durch die mütterliche Großmutter. Sein mütterlicher …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

• Browning, Robert — (1812 1889)    Poet, only s. of Robert B., a man of fine intellect and equally fine character, who held a position in the Bank of England, was b. in Camberwell. His mother, to whom he was ardently attached, was the dau. of a German shipowner who… …   Short biographical dictionary of English literature

• Clarke, Helen Archibald; and Porter, Charlotte Endymion — ▪ American writers Charlotte Endymion Porter originally  Helen Charlotte Porter  Respectively,   born Nov. 13, 1860, Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. died Feb. 8, 1926, Boston, Mass. born Jan. 6, 1857, Towanda, Pa. died Jan. 16, 1942, Melrose, Mass.… …   Universalium

• Hofmannsthal, Hugo von — born Feb. 1, 1874, Vienna, Austria died July 15, 1929, Rodaun, a suburb of Vienna Austrian poet, dramatist, and essayist. Born into an aristocratic banking family, he made his reputation with lyric poems (the first published when he was 16) and… …   Universalium

• English literature — Introduction       the body of written works produced in the English language by inhabitants of the British Isles (including Ireland) from the 7th century to the present day. The major literatures written in English outside the British Isles are… …   Universalium

• literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …   Universalium