In the pantheon of Irish literary figures, few names carry the weight of both political revolution and artistic brilliance quite like Lady Jane Wilde. Born Jane Francesca Elgee on December 27, 1821, in Wexford, Ireland, she would become one of the most influential voices of Irish nationalism, a celebrated poet writing under the pseudonym "Speranza," and the mother of one of literature's most iconic figures, Oscar Wil…
“A woman can forgive a man for the harm he does her, but she can never forgive him for the sacrifices he makes on her account.”
Neighbourhood:
Folk & Ballad Poets, Irish Poets, Political Poets, Women Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Despair, Sorrow
Constantine Peter Cavafy, universally known as C. P. Cavafy, was born Konstantinos Petrou Kavafis in Alexandria, Egypt, on 29 April 1863, and died there on 29 April 1933, his seventieth birthday. The coincidence has naturally encouraged a Cavafian reading of his life: a date returning with a measured inevitability, an ending that seems to complete a private design. Yet Cavafy’s achievement was anything but neat or pr…
“I have tried to write about things which are not entirely foreign to me.”
Neighbourhood:
Greek Poets, Modernist Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Despair, Sorrow, Longing
