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Dobson, Henry Austin
Dobson, Henry Austin (1840–1921), an accomplished writer of verse of the lighter kind, with a particular fondness for French forms; many of his best-known poems evoke the courtly elegance of French society of the 18th cent. His collections include Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877), and At the Sign of the Lyre (1885). His knowledge of the 18th cent. was also displayed in prose biographies of Hogarth (1879), Steele (1886), Goldsmith (1888), Horace Walpole (1890), S. Richardson (1902), and F. Burney (1903). He also published three series of Eighteenth Century Vignettes (1892/4/6), besides several volumes of collected essays.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dobson, Henry Austin." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dobson, Henry Austin." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DobsonHenryAustin.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Dobson, Henry Austin." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DobsonHenryAustin.html |
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Austin Dobson
Austin Dobson (Henry Austin Dobson), 1840–1921, English poet and essayist. From 1856 to 1901 he was employed in the Board of Trade. His volumes of light verse include Vignettes in Rhyme (1873), Proverbs in Porcelain (1877), and At the Sign of the Lyre (1885). Among his studies of 18th-century England are Eighteenth Century Vignettes (3 series, 1892–96) and his biographies of Fielding (1883), Steele (1886), Goldsmith (1888), Richardson (1902), and Fanny Burney (1903).
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"Austin Dobson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 29 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Austin Dobson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (May 29, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dobson-A.html "Austin Dobson." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Dobson-A.html |
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