Edwin Atherstone

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"The fall of Nineveh" by John Martin, 1829

Edwin Atherstone (* 1788 in Nottingham ; † 1872 ) was an English romantic poet .

Life

Atherstone was born in Nottingham and was one of the fifteen children of dyer Hugh Atherstone and his wife Ann Green. Edwin Atherstone was cohabiting with Mary Wainwright Pearson and had four children, three daughters and a son. His most famous poem, The Fall of Nineveh (The destruction of Nineveh ), consists of thirty volumes. The epic tells of the war between the Medes and Babylonians, the death of the tyrannical king Sardanapal and the destruction of Nineveh. The main heroes are Arbaces, Prince of Media, and Belesis, Priest of Babylon. The second great epic is Israel in Egypt . He also wrote two novels: The sea-kings in England ( The kings of the sea in England ) and The handwriting on the Wall ( The handwriting on the wall ). Edwin Atherstone was a friend of the painter John Martin.

Works

  • The fall of Nineveh , The first six books, by Edwin Atherstone, Baldwin and Cradock, London 1828.
  • The fall of Nineveh . A poem by Edwin Atherstone. Second edition: dilligently corrected and otherwise improved. In two volumes, Longmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, London 1868.
  • Israel in Egypt . A poem by Edwin Atherstone, Longman, Green, Longman and Roberts, London 1861.
  • The last days of Herculaneum and Abradates and Panthea . Poems by Edwin Atherstone, Baldwin, Cradock and Joy, London 1821.
  • Dramatic works of Edwin Atherstone . Edited by his daughter, Mary Elizabeth Atherstone, E. Stock, London 1888.
  • The sea-kings in England: an historical romance of the time of Alfred by the Author of the "Fall of Niniveh", In Three Volumes, Robert Cadell, Edinburgh 1830.
  • The handwriting on the wall , a story by Edwin Atherstone, In Three Volumes, Richard Bentley, London 1858.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Edwin Atherstone at poemhunter.com
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personal data
SURNAME Atherstone, Edwin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English poet
DATE OF BIRTH 1788
PLACE OF BIRTH Nottingham
DATE OF DEATH 1872