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The Thomas Gray Archive is a collaborative digital archive and research project devoted to the life and work of eighteenth-century poet, letter-writer, and scholar Thomas Gray (1716-1771), author of the acclaimed 'Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard' (1751).
17 de may. de 2018 · Thomas Gray. The English poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771) expressed deep and universal human feelings in forms derived from Greek and Roman literature. Although his output was small, he introduced new subject matter for poetry. Thomas Gray was born on Dec. 26, 1716, of middle-class parents.
11 de oct. de 2019 · Filologo schivo, allo studio dei classici latini e italiani e dell’antica poesia celtica e scandinava Thomas Gray (1716-1771) affiancò la scrittura poetica, il cui risultato più celebre è senza dubbio l’Elegia scritta in un cimitero campestre (1750), dove la nostra illustre, grandiosa poesia medievale – rappresentata qui da Dante e, soprattutto, da Petrarca, come vedremo – e gli ...
Thomas Gray. Thomas Gray (1716-1771) è il poeta che identifica il Preromanticismo, il bardo della poesia cimiteriale e certamente uno dei più rappresentativi scrittori britannici di tutti i tempi. La sua Elegia scritta in un cimitero di campagna è uno dei caposaldi della letteratura inglese, tra le poesie più studiate ed amate della lingua ...
Introduction. Thomas Gray's "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard," first published in 1751, stands as one of the most beloved and enduring poems in English literature. Combining elegiac and pastoral elements, the poem eloquently contemplates the transient nature of life, the equality of death, and the legacy left by ordinary individuals.
Resources. "Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard" is the British writer Thomas Gray's most famous poem, first published in 1751. The poem's speaker calmly mulls over death while standing in a rural graveyard in the evening. Taking stock of the graves, he reflects that death comes for everyone in the end, and notes that the elaborate tombs of ...
Thomas Gray nació el 26 de diciembre de 1716 y desarrolló una carrera poética de alto vuelo; llegó a ser considerado uno de los hombres con mayor erudición de su tiempo. Y aunque no fue muy prolífico, toda su poesía pertenece a las obras selectas de la lírica anglosajona. Thomas Gray falleció el 30 de julio de 1771 en Cambridge.
