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Philip Stanhope Worsley

フィリップ・スタンホープ・ウォースリー

Firippu Sutanhōpu Wōsurrī

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1835-08-12 (England)
Died
1866-05-08 age 30
Nationality
English
Languages
English

Career

Occupations
poet
Active Years
1857-1866
Influenced
Gerard Manley Hopkins

Education

Highgate School
Country: United Kingdom
Made a lasting impression on Gerard Manley Hopkins
Corpus Christi College, Oxford
Country: United Kingdom

Awards

Newdigate Prize
1857
Work: The Temple of Janus
Organization: University of Oxford
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Odyssey (translation)

1861 Epic poetry - Translation

Translation of Homer's Odyssey into English using Spenserian stanzas.

AdventureHomecoming

Iliad (first 12 books, translation)

1865 Epic poetry - Translation

Translation of the first twelve books of Homer's Iliad using Spenserian stanzas. Unfinished, completed by John Conington.

WarHeroes

Poems and Translations

1863 Poetry collection

A volume of poems and translations.

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Spenserian stanza

Health

  • Tuberculosis
    晩年
    Died at age 30

Legacy

English poet known for his translations of Homer using Spenserian stanzas.