John Ruskin was born in London on 8 February 1819, the only child of John James Ruskin and Margaret Cox Ruskin. He would become one of the nineteenth century’s most forceful and distinctive voices: an art critic, social thinker, lecturer, draftsman, historian of architecture, environmental observer, moral philosopher, and writer of prose whose rhythms often approached poetry. Though he is not chiefly remembered as a…
“The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world is to see something, and tell what it saw in a plain way.”
Neighbourhood:
Nature Poets, Pre-Raphaelite Poets, Social Justice Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Tenderness
George William Russell, who wrote and painted under the name Æ, was born on 10 April 1867 in Lurgan, County Armagh, and died on 17 July 1935 in Bournemouth, England. He belongs among the most remarkable figures of the Irish Revival, though he has often occupied a position just outside its popular canon. William Butler Yeats, James Joyce, Lady Gregory, John Millington Synge, George Moore, Padraic Colum, and later Patr…
“The greatest of all arts is the art of living.”
Neighbourhood:
Irish Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Nature Poets, Symbolist Poets
Emotional landscape: Spirituality, Wonder, Longing
