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William Collins (25 December 1721 – 12 June 1759) was an English poet. Second in influence only to Thomas Gray , he was an important poet of the middle decades of the 18th century. His lyrical odes mark a progression from the Augustan poetry of Alexander Pope's generation and towards the imaginative ideal of the Romantic era.
- 12 June 1759 (aged 37), Chichester, Sussex, England
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William Collins was a pre-Romantic English poet whose lyrical odes adhered to Neoclassical forms but were Romantic in theme and feeling. Though his literary career was brief and his output slender, he is considered one of the finest English lyric poets of the 18th century.
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Learn about William Collins, one of the most skilled 18th-century lyric poets who bridged the Neoclassical and Romantic periods. Explore his life, works, and legacy in this biography from the Poetry Foundation.
William Edward Collins (18 de fevereiro de 1867 - 22 de março de 1911) foi um bispo anglicano, bispo de Gibraltar [1] de 1904 até sua morte. [2] [3] Biografia. William Edward Collins foi o segundo filho de Joseph Henry Collins , engenheiro de minas e escritor de geologia.
- William Edward Collins
William Collins is regarded as one of the most skilled 18th-century lyric poets. Marking a transitional period in English literature, Collins’s style is formally Neoclassical but presages the themes of the Romantic period. His treatment of individual experience and descriptions of emotion influenced his peers...
William Collins was born at Chichester in Sussex in December, 1721. His early years seem to have been those of a favored child. Whether Collins attended a school or learned his first letters at...
William Collins was an 18th-century English poet. He was one of the most important poets of the century and is often associated with the transitionary period between Augustan poetry and the Romantic era .
