Thomas Sturge Moore

Thomas Sturge Moore 1870-1944, English author. Although his themes were classical and conservative, his poetic technique was innovative. His first volume of poetry, The Vinedresser, appeared in 1899. Later works in verse include Absalam (1903) and Mystery and Tragedy (1930). He wrote several books on art, such as Albrecht Dürer (1905) and Art and Life (1910), and was a wood engraver, especially noted for his bookplate designs.

Bibliography: See his poetical works (4 vol., 1931-33); his correspondence with W. B. Yeats, ed. by U. Bridge (1953); biography by F. L. Gwynn (1951).

Moore, T. Sturge, ( Thomas Sturge Moore) (1870–1944), poet, wood-engraver, and illustrator, brother of G. E. Moore; he was a friend of Yeats, his correspondence with whom was published in 1953, and for whom he designed several books. His first volume of verse, The Vinedresser and Other Poems (1899), was followed by several others, and by various verse dramas, including Tragic Mothers: Medea, Niobe, Tyrfing (1920).