In the annals of Spanish literature, few figures burn as brightly or cast as haunting a shadow as Federico García Lorca (1898-1936). A poet, playwright, and theatrical director whose life was cut tragically short at the age of 38, Lorca embodied the creative ferment of early 20th-century Spain while giving voice to the deepest currents of human passion, death, and desire. His work, saturated with the rhythms of Andal…
“The theatre is a school of weeping and laughter, a free tribune where men can put into question old or mistaken morals.”
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Dramatic Poets, LGBTQ+ Poets, Modernist Poets, Poet-Musicians
Emotional landscape: Longing, Despair, Sorrow
Philip James Bailey was born in Nottingham on 22 April 1816 and died there on 6 September 1902, after a long life in which one early work made him, for a time, one of the most discussed poets in the English-speaking world. His name is now chiefly attached to Festus, the immense dramatic poem first published in 1839, but Bailey’s career was more than the history of a single Victorian bestseller. It was the history of…
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Death & Mortality, Dramatic Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Romantic Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Peace, Joy, Wonder
