John Todhunter
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John Todhunter (né le 30 décembre 1839 à Dublin et décédé le 25 octobre 1916) était un poète et dramaturge irlandais.
Biographie
Il fit ses études de médecine au Trinity College (Dublin). Il enseigna la littérature britannique alors qu'il terminait ses études de médecine. Il voyagea à travers l'Europe avant de se fixer à Londres en 1881. Là, il fréquenta les milieux littéraires et occultistes et devint ami avec William Butler Yeats. Il fut ainsi membre de la Golden Dawn et écrivit par exemple A Comedy of Sighs en 1894 pour l'actrice-administratrice Florence Farr, elle même membre de la Golden Dawn.
Œuvres
Poésie
- Laurella and Other Poems (1876)
- Alcestis: A Dramatic Poem (1878)
- The True Tragedy of Rienzi; Tribune of Rome (1881)
- Forest Songs & Other Poems (1881)
- The Banshee and Other Poems (1888)
- How Dreams Come True (1890)
- The Poison Flower (1891)
- The Legend of Stauffenberg (1890)
- The Irish Bardic Tales (1896)
- Sounds and Sweet Airs (1904)
- An Irish Love song
Théâtre
- Helena in Troas (1886)
- A Sicilian Idyll (1890)
- The Black Cat (1893)
- A Comedy of Sighs (1894)
Prose
- A study of Shelley (1879)
- The Life of Patrick Sarsfield, Earl of Lucan (1901)
Traduction
- Heinrich Heine's Book of Songs (1907)
Catégories :
- Naissance en 1839
- Naissance à Dublin
- Poète irlandais
- Dramaturge irlandais
- Golden Dawn
- Décès en 1916
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