John Arthur Blaikie (1849 - 25 December 1917) was an English poet and journalist.[1]
John Arthur Blaikie (1849-1917), Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets (1870). Forgotten Books, 2018. Courtesy Amazon.com.
Life[]
Blaikie was born in Paddington, Middlesex.[1] He lived in Torquay, Devon. He contributed to Saturday Review.[2]
His debut collection, Madrigals, Songs and Sonnets, was co-written with poet Edmund Gosse.[3]
Writing[]
The Queenslander: "Love's Victory, a collection of some fifty lyric poems, by John Arthur Blaikie, was published about the end of last year. The poems (says the Saturday Review) are all carefully finished, more or less personal, if not exclusively objective, and all composed with but little relation to contemporary fashions of writing.... Those who delight in tracing the shadow of a great imagination cast on subsequent talent will be interested in recognising on the work of Mr. Blaikie the reflection of unfamiliar facets of the genius of Shelley. These delicate and often somewhat obscure lyrics are largely inspired by the combination of music, odor, and a twilight which suggests the obscurity of a tropical forest.... A truly English study of nature is found in other poems. It is perhaps as a lyrist pure and simple, however, that Mr. Blaikie will charm the largest number of readers. His songs aro full of refined melody."[4]
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets (with Edmund Gosse). London: Longmans, Green, 1870.
- Love's Victory: Lyric poems. London: Percival, 1890.
- A Sextet of Singers; or, Songs of six. Westminster, UK: Roxburghe Press, 1895.
351 Love 's Secret Name by John Arthur Blaikie Clarica Poetry Moment
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[5]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Arthur Blaikie, Wikipedia, July 10, 2017, Wikimedia Foundation. Web, Sep. 16, 2017.
- ↑ Catherine Reilly, Blaikie, John Arthur, Biobibliography, Mid-Victorian Poetry, 1860-1879, A. & C. Black, 2000, 44.
- ↑ Madrigals, Songs, and Sonnets (with Edmund Gosse). London: Longmans, Green, 1870. Internet Archive, Web, Sep. 16, 2017.
- ↑ "Mr. Blaikie's Poems," The Queenslander, Brisbane, Qld., Feb. 14, 1891. Trove, National Library of Australia. Web, Jan. 30, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:John Arthur Blaikie, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 30, 2017.
External links[]
- Poems
- "Absence"
- Blaikie at Wikisource: "Consolation," "The Noon of Love"
- Blaikie in A Victorian Anthology: "Absence," "Song," "Love's Secret Name"
- Books
- John Arthur Blaikie at Amazon.com
- About
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