English Literature, 19th cent.: Biographies

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Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen

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Blunt, Wilfrid Scawen (1840–1922), poet, diplomat, traveller, anti-imperialist, and Arabist. His first volume of poetry, Sonnets and Songs by Proteus (1875, subsequently revised), passionately addresses various women. It was followed by several other volumes of verse, which include love lyrics, evocations of the Sussex countryside, and adaptations from the Arabic. He also wrote and agitated in support of Egyptian, Indian, and Irish independence, thus earning the approval of G. B. Shaw; a brief spell in an Irish prison inspired his sonnet sequence In Vinculis (1889). My Diaries appeared in 2 vols, 1919–20.

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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt

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Wilfrid Scawen Blunt , 1840–1922, English poet and political writer. After retiring c.1872 from the diplomatic service, he began a career of travel and political crusading. He wrote several works championing Indian, Egyptian, and Irish independence. His poetry, noted for its emotional force, includes The Love Sonnets of Proteus (1880) and The Wind and the Whirlwind (1883).

Bibliography: See his diaries (1919–20).

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