Charles Harpur

Charles Harpur

Charles Harpur (* 23. Januar 1813 in Windsor, New South Wales; † 10. Juni 1868 ebenda) war ein australischer Dichter.

Werke (Auswahl)

  • Thoughts. A series of sonnets (1845)
  • The bushrangers. A play in five acts and other poems (1853)
  • The tower of the dream (1865)
  • ›Rosa‹: Love sonnets to Mary Doyle (hrsg. 1948)

Literatur

  • J. Normington-Rawling: 'Harpur, Charles (1813 - 1868)', in: Australian Dictionary of Biography, Band 1, Melbourne University Press, 1966, S. 514f, online
  • Paul Kane: Australian poetry: romanticism and negativity. Cambridge University Press, 1996, ISBN 0 521 43239 1 (online in der Google Buchsuche).
  • Peter Pierce (Hrsg): The Cambridge History of Australian Literature. Cambridge University Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0-521-88165-4 (online in der Google Buchsuche).

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