Charles Stuart Calverley ( Eng. Charles Stuart Calverley , 1831 - 1884 ) - English poet , nicknamed the "king of parody."
| Charles Stewart Culverly | |
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| English Charles Stuart Calverley | |
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| Birth name | English Charles Stuart Blayds |
| Aliases | King of parody |
| Date of Birth | December 22, 1831 |
| Place of Birth | Martley , Worcestershire , England |
| Date of death | February 17, 1884 (52 years old) |
| Place of death | |
| Citizenship |  Great Britain |
| Occupation | poet |
| Direction | parody |
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Biography
During the last seventeen years of his life he was bedridden due to illness. Separately published Verses and translations ( 1862 ), and Fly Leaves ( 1872 ). In 1885, his posthumous Literary Remains came out, and in 1901 a complete collection of his works.
His parodies of some English poets (for example, parodies of Gene Engelow are very famous) convey not only the external features of their poems, but also the very spirit of the parodied author. He correctly noticed all the weaknesses of the poets ridiculed by him, making them clear to the ordinary reader. Of his imitators, none could come close to the original.
Sources
- Rapoport S.I. Culverly, Charles Stuart // Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary : 86 volumes (82 volumes and 4 additional). - SPb. , 1890-1907.