Arthur Hugh Clough was een dichter wiens vroege leven werd gekenmerkt door aanzienlijke geografische en religieuze verschuivingen. Zijn ervaringen in Oxford, met name de invloed van vooraanstaande religieuze denkers, leidden tot een diepe geloofscrisis, die zijn kijk en schrijven diepgaand vormde. Deze innerlijke strijd komt vaak terug in zijn poëzie, waarin thema's als twijfel, spirituele zoektocht en de complexiteit van geloof in een veranderende wereld worden verkend. Cloughs werk wordt gekenmerkt door zijn intellectuele diepgang en eerlijke worsteling met de filosofische en existentiële vragen van zijn tijd.
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Amours de Voyage is a novel in verse and is arranged in five cantos, or chapters, as a sequence of letters. It is about a group of English travellers in Italy: Claude, and the Trevellyn family, are caught up in the 1849 political turmoil. The poem mixes the political (‘Sweet it may be, and decorous, perhaps, for the country to die; but,/On the whole, we conclude the Romans won’t do it, and I sha’n’t’) and the personal (‘After all, do I know that I really cared so about her?/Do whatever I will, I cannot call up her image’). The political is important but the personal dilemmas are the crucial ones. Claude, about to declare himself, retreats, regrets. It is this retreat, his scruples and fastidiousness, that, like a conventional novel, is the core of Amours de Voyage. The poem thus contributed something important to the modern sensibility; it is a portrait of an anti-hero; it is about love and marriage (the difficulties of); and it is about Italy.
Arthur Hugh Clough was a 19th century poet and scholar best known for his work The Bothie of Tober-na-Vuolich. This volume collects Clough's remaining prose writings, including essays, lectures, and reviews, as well as a selection of his letters and a biographical memoir. This book offers a fascinating glimpse into the mind of one of Victorian literature's most intriguing figures.
Plutarch's Lives is a classic work of historical biography. In this edition, John Clough's translation brings these vivid and fascinating characters to life. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in ancient history and the lives of great figures.
This book is a comprehensive collection of the poems and prose remains of Arthur Hugh Clough, one of the most important literary figures of the Victorian era. The pieces gathered here demonstrate Clough's remarkable range, from deeply personal poems to political satire. This book will appeal to anyone interested in English literature or Victorian culture.