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William Henry Davies (3 July 1871 [a] – 26 September 1940) was a Welsh poet and writer, who spent much of his life as a tramp or hobo in the United Kingdom and the United States, yet became one of the most popular poets of his time.
In his poems, grounded in realism, Davies often engaged themes of hardship, the natural world, and city life. His 20 collections of poetry include The Soul’s Destroyer and Other Poems (1905), Nature...
William Henry Davies (born July 3, 1871, Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales—died Sept. 26, 1940, Nailsworth, Gloucestershire, Eng.) was an English poet whose lyrics have a force and simplicity uncharacteristic of the poetry of most of his Georgian contemporaries.
William H. Davies was a Welsh poet and prose writer who achieved literary recognition relatively late in life. He is best known for his nature poetry and for the autobiographical prose work The Autobiography of a Super-Tramp.
The Complete Poems of W. H. Davies. Born in Chicago, scholar and poet Ralph Mills earned a BA from Lake Forest College and an MA and PhD from Northwestern University, and also studied at Oxford University. Mills is the author of 13 volumes of poetry, including Living with Distance (1979), winner of the Society of Midland Authors...
In poetry, he ranks as a master of the English lyric, his main themes being nature and love; and, at his best, his poems compare favourably with the finest lyrics of the English language. His chief works are: The Complete Poems of W. H. Davies, 1944, and later, in prose, Autobiography of a Super-Tramp, Beggars, and Later Days. Author
4 de fev. de 2022 · Summary. This book brings together, for the first time, a comprehensive collection of essays from leading scholars on the writing, and literary and social contexts, of the ‘tramp-poet’ and memoirist W. H. Davies (1871–1940). Its aim is to reconsider Davies's major works and themes, and reassess his place in the literary and ...
