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A poet is someone who writes poetry. A poet exists within a cultural and intellectual tradition and usually writes in a specific language. Some feel that the qualities of good poetry are to some extent timeless and address issues common to all humanity; others are more interested in the particular and the ephemeral.
In the English language, poets often considered to be some of the most influential and profound include Chaucer, W.B. Yeats, Wordsworth, and T.S. Eliot. The English poets also gave birth to a revolutionary form of poetry called free verse. Believed to have originated with Walt Whitman, free verse is not bound by rhyme or meter. In the Western tradition, Homer, Virgil, Dante, and Goethe round out a basic list. In world poetry, Li Bai, Du Fu, Basho, and Omar Khayyám complete one defensible canon. As the very definition of a canon is political and personal, and the notion of poetry itself is fluid and subject to change, complete objectivity is impossible. Relying on numerous inclusionist lists is a possible, partial solution.
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Angus Reach - Journalist for the Morning Chronicle in London, writer for Punch Magazine and joint editor of the journal, The Man in the Moon. Includes excerpts from his writing, biography and photo.
Charles Dickens - Wrote newspaper articles to advocate social reform, and novels. Includes short biography and excerpts from his work. (1812-1870)
Charles Kingsley - Clergyman, novelist and poet. Author of The Water Babies. Includes short biography and photo. (1810-1875)
Charles Lamb - Essayist and critic. Includes short biography and portrait. (1775-1834)
Daniel Defoe - Novelist and political journalist. Published over 560 books and pamphlets and is considered to be the founder of British journalism. Includes short biography. (1660-1731)
Douglas Jerrold - Resident playwright at the Coburg Theatre in London. As a journalist, wrote a large number of political and humorous articles for Punch Magazine during a sixteen year period, and worked as a sub-editor, under Charles Dickens, on the Daily News. (1803-1857)
Edith Nesbit - Author of 44 children's books, and regular lecturer and writer on socialism throughout the 1880s. Includes biography and a photo. (1858-1924)
Elizabeth Gaskell - Novelist, who advocated social reform in Mary Barton: A Tale of Manchester Life. Includes short biography, excerpts from her writings and photo. (1810-1865)
Frances Trollope - Novelist who wrote about social issues and produced 40 books. Includes short biography, excerpts from her writing and portrait. (1780-1863).
George Bernard Shaw - Irish dramatist, critic and novelist. Includes short biography, photo and excerpts from his writing. (1856-1950)
George Orwell - Born in India. Novelist and essayist. Wrote Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four. Includes short biography, excerpts from his works and photo. (1903-1950)
George Sims - Playwright, social reformist and journalist. Wrote series of newspaper articles depicting poverty of the working class in London and another series later published as books on child poverty. (1847-1922)
H. G. Wells - Novelist and historian. Wrote science fiction stories, The Time Machine, The Island of Dr. Moreau, and The War of the Worlds. Includes short biography, excerpts from his works and photo. (1866-1946)
Henry Fielding - Dramatist, novelist and journalist. Wrote The History of Tom Jones, considered by critics to be one of the greatest comic novels in the English language. Includes short biography. (1707-1754)
Henry Mayhew - Joint editor for Punch Magazine and journalist for the Morning Chronicle. Includes biography, excerpts from his writing and photo. (1812-87)
J. B. Priestley - Theater reviewer and contributed articles to the Spectator, novelist and playwright with over 50 plays. Helped established the socialist Common Wealth Party. Includes biography, excerpts from his work and photo. (1894-1984)
James Leigh Hunt - Essayist, poet and editor. Includes biography and photo.(1784-1859)
Lord Byron - Became one of England's leading poets with his Childe Harold's Pilgrimage. Member of the House of Lords. Includes short biography and portrait. (1788-1824)
Mark Lemon - English journalist and prolific playwright, with over 60 plays to his credit. Best known as one of the founding members of Punch Magazine and served as joint editor with Henry Mayhew. Includes biography and photo. (1809-1870)
Oscar Wilde - Irish poet, dramatist and novelist. Wrote the novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. Achieved his greatest success with a series of light comedies, including Lady Windermere's Fan and The Importance of Being Ernest. (1854-1900)
Percy Bysshe Shelley - Became involved in radical politics and wrote many articles and pamphlets, and poetry. Lost at sea while sailing to meet Leigh Hunt. Includes biography, excerpts from his works and photo. (1792-1822)
Robert Southey - Appointed poet laureate in 1813. Author of several books including: The Book of the Church, Sir Thomas More, Essays Moral and Political and Lives of British Admirals. Includes biography and portrait. (1774-1843)
Samuel Taylor Coleridge - Poet, critic and philosopher. Includes short biography and portrait. (1772-1834)
Thomas Carlyle - Scottish essayist and historian. Includes short biography and photo. (1795-1881)
Thomas Hughes - Novelist, reformist and jurist. Author of Tom Brown's Schooldays. Includes short biography and photo. (1822-1896)
Vita Sackville-West - Wrote poetry and published books on travel and literary topics. For many years authored a weekly gardening column for The Observer. Includes biography and photo. (1892-1962)
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William Makepeace Thackeray - Born in Calcutta, India. Returned to England with his parents and became a journalist and novelist. Wrote Vanity Fair, considered to be his best work, followed by The History of Henry Esmond, Newcomes, and The Virginians. (1811-1863)
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