Eduard Mörike

Eduard Friedrich Mörike (Ludwigsburg, 8 September 1804 – 4 June 1875 in Stuttgart) was a German romantic poet. He studied Theology at the Seminary of Tübingen, and followed the ecclesiastical career, becoming a Lutheran pastor. In 1834 he was appointed pastor of Cleversulzbach near Weinsberg, and, after his early retirement for reasons of health, in 1851 became professor of German literature at the Katharinenstift in Stuttgart. This office he held until his retirement in 1866; but he continued to live at Stuttgart until his death on the 4th of June 1875. Mörike is a member of the so-called Swabian school which gathered round Ludwig Uhland. His poems, Gedichte (1838; 22nd ed., 1905), are mostly lyrics, often humorous, but expressed in simple and natural language. His lieder (songs) are traditional in form and have been compared to those of Goethe. He also wrote a somewhat fantastic Idylle vom Bodensee, oder Fischer Martin und die Glockendiebe (1846; 2nd ed., 1856), and published a...

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Edgar Allan Poe

Edgar Allan Poe (*19 ianuarie 1809, Boston/Massachusetts - †7 octombrie 1849, Baltimore/Maryland), scriitor american, poet, romancier, nuvelist și critic literar, creator al genului de scurte povestiri și precursor al literaturii moderne de ficțiune științifico-fantastică. A dus o viață de boem și a sfârșit tragic în mizerie și alcoolism, dar tocmai din acest infern al existenței sale s-au născut multe dintre creațiile ce aveau să impună literaturii universale norme de evaluare estetică necunoscute până atunci. În cei patruzeci de ani ai unei vieți halucinante, scriitorul a izbutit să publice multe volume de versuri, de proză, estetică și teorie literară, făcând dovada unei forțe de creație extraordinară. Născut la Boston dintr-o familie de actori, Edgar Poe rămâne orfan de ambii părinți la vârsta de 3 ani și este adoptat de familia John Allan, un negustor înstărit din Richmond/Virginia, primind numele de Edgar Allan Poe. După studii secundare în Liverpool (Anglia) și în Richmond, se...

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Edgar Lee Masters

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Edward Estlin Cummings

Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), popularly known as E. E. Cummings, with the abbreviated form of his name often written by others in all lowercase letters as e. e. cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. His body of work encompasses approximately 2,900 poems, an autobiographical novel, four plays and several essays, as well as numerous drawings and paintings. He is remembered as a preeminent voice of 20th century poetry, as well as one of the most popular. Cummings was born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on October 14, 1894 to Edward and Rebecca Haswell Clarke Cummings. He was named after his father but his family called him by his middle name. Estlin's father was a professor of sociology and political science at Harvard University and later a Unitarian minister. Cummings described his father as a hero and a person who could accomplish anything that he wanted to. He was well skilled and was always working or repairing...

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