Alfred Austin
Alfred Austin (pron. Óßtin.) (Born May 30, 1835 in Leeds , † June 2, 1913 in Ashford , Kent ) was a British writer .
Life
Austin was the son of the businessman Joseph Austin and his wife, a sister of the civil engineer John Locke . He completed part of his school years at Stonyhurst College ( Clitheroe , Lancashire ) and partly on the continent. He studied law at the University of London and completed this course in 1853 with a doctorate . A year later, he was London as a barrister admitted.
Austin had already introduced himself anonymously to literature in 1854 through the poem Roland , which expressed lively sympathy for Poland. His first important work was The season, a satire (1861, 3rd ed. 1869), a mockery of the fashionable season of London, which proved significant satirical power, but was received with reluctance by the rigorous press, whereupon Alfred Austin immediately with the pamphlet My satire and its censors (1861) answered.
After he had given up his law firm in 1861 in order to devote himself entirely to poetry, he published the poem The human Tragedy in 1862 , which was completely revised in 1874.
In addition, Alfred Austin wrote a number of literary essays, the main of which appeared in the highly readable but not impartial work The poetry of the period (1870). As a reporter for the newspaper Standard , he was at the headquarters of the King of Prussia during the Vatican Council in Rome and in 1870/71 for the duration of the Franco-Prussian War . Always very active for the conservative party, Alfred Austin was a lively defender of Disraeli politics, especially during the last war in the Orient .
Honors
As the successor to Alfred Tennyson , Austin was named Poet Laureate by Queen Victoria in 1896 .
Works (selection)
- The golden age . 1871 (a satire )
- Interludes. Poems . 1872.
- Madonna's child. Novel . 1873.
- Five years of it. Novel . 1858.
- An artist's proof. Novel . 1864.
- Won by a head. Novel . 1865.
- Leszko the bastard. Novel . 1877.
- Vindication of Lord Byron . 2nd edition 1869.
- Rome or death . 1873.
- Savonarola . Drama . 1881.
literature
- Austin, Alfred . In: Encyclopædia Britannica . 11th edition. tape 2 : Andros - Austria . London 1910, p. 938 (English, full text [ Wikisource ]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Austin, Alfred |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | at Leeds |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 2, 1913 |
| Place of death | Ashford (Kent) |