Arthur Hugh Clough

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Arthur Hugh Clough 1860

Arthur Hugh Clough (born January 1, 1819 in Liverpool , † November 13, 1861 in Florence ) was a British poet .

Life

Clough was born to Welsh cotton merchant James Butler Clough and Anne Perfect. His sister was the suffragette Anne Clough . In 1822 the family emigrated to Charleston (South Carolina) , in 1828 he returned to England with his older brother Charles and attended school in Chester , from 1829 the rugby school in Rugby (Warwickshire) . After attending Balliol College , he studied at Balliol College, University of Oxford , where he then worked as a lecturer . Initially influenced by John Henry Newman , he later became a skeptic. In 1848 he gave up his chair because of a scrupulous conscience. After traveling through Europe, he was entrusted with the administration of the University of London in 1849 . In 1851 he made a trip through the USA and in 1854 became an official of the Ministry of Culture. In the same year he married Blanche Smith, a cousin of Florence Nightingale . As an examination commissioner for military schools, he frequently visited mainland Europe.

Clough was valued by colleagues such as Thomas Carlyle and Ralph Waldo Emerson for his upright and spirited personality . A close friendship connected him with Matthew Arnold , who posthumously dedicated his poem Thyrsis to him.

Works

  • The Bothie of Toper-Na-Fuosich . Seal, Versidylle 1848 (German: Die Hütte von Toper-na-Fuosich ), later under the title: The Bothie of Toper-Na-Vuolich
  • Amours de Voyage , verse narration, 1849 (German: Reiseliebschaft )
  • Dipsychus , Drama, 1850
  • Mari Magno , Short Stories, 1862
  • Poems and Prose Remains , 1869 f.
  • Poems , edited by AL Norrington in 1968, edited by FL Mulhauser in 1974
  • Selected Prose Works , edited by BB Trawick, 1964
  • Correspondence , edited by FL Muhauser, 1957

literature

  • Samuel Waddington: Arthur Hugh Clough. A monograph. Bell, London 1883 (Reprinted. AMS Press, New York NY 1975).
  • James Insley Osborne: Arthur Hugh Clough. Constable, London 1920.
  • Howard F. Lowry, Ralph Leslie Rusk (Eds.): Emerson-Clough Letters. Rowfant Club, Cleveland OH 1934 (Reprinted. Archon Books, Hamden CT 1968).
  • Goldie Levy: Arthur Hugh Clough, 1819–1861. Sidgwick & Jackson, London 1938.
  • Katharine Chorley: Arthur Hugh Clough. The uncommitted mind. A Study of his Life and Poetry. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1962.
  • Walter E. Houghton: The Poetry of Clough. An essay in revaluation. Yale University Press, New Haven CT 1963.
  • Paul Veyriras: Arthur Hugh Clough. (1819-1861). (= Études Anglaises. Vol. 22, ISSN  0014-195X ). Didier, Paris 1964 (at the same time: Paris, university, dissertation, 1962).
  • Michael Timko: Innocent Victorian. The satiric Poetry of Arthur Hugh Clough. Ohio University Press, Athens OH 1966.
  • Wendell V. Harris: Arthur Hugh Clough (= Twayne's English Authors Series. Vol. 97, ISSN  0564-559X ). Twayne, New York NY 1970.
  • Robindra Kumar Biswas: Arthur Hugh Clough. Towards a Reconsideration. Clarendon Press, Oxford 1972, ISBN 0-19-812026-5 .
  • Anthony Kenny: Arthur Hugh Clough. A Poet's Life. Continuum, London et al. 2005, ISBN 0-8264-7382-2 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Gero von Wilpert (Ed.): Lexicon of world literature. Volume 1: Biographical-bibliographical concise dictionary based on authors and anonymous works. A – K. 3rd, revised edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-423-59050-5 .
personal data
SURNAME Clough, Arthur Hugh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1819
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1861
Place of death Florence