British vs French 19thc century lit rumble

[Boris Godunov]

http://www.colby.edu/~ampaliye/poetes/

[Ben Kenobi]

I was going to say Oscar Wilde too, since his best works were all in the Victorian period.

Glad to see someone beat me.

[Mr. Harley]

Since Lord Dunsany wasn't published until 1905, I decided to do a little SF research. Here are some results. One for each side, so to speak.

1805: "The Last Man", novel by Jean-Baptiste Xavier de Grainville first published in France as the poem "Le dernier homme." It created a subgenre
complete with destroyed metropolises, the end of civilization, and the final man and final woman, who in this case are convinced by Adam not to breed a new race of humanity.

1819: Dr. Polidari publishes "The Vampyre" in the "New Monthly Magazine." This is perhaps the first major vampire fiction in English.

Lord Ruthven - the vamp.

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
I was going to say Oscar Wilde too, since his best works were all in the Victorian period.

Glad to see someone beat me.

Promoting a gay icon !

[TheStinger]

Anything published up to 1914 should be included, that was the end of this particular peiod of european history

[Sikander]

Originally posted by lord of the mark


Er. em, (cough).

Bebro, when two gangs rumble, they DONT want another gang butting in. Feel free to mention French or British authors, though.

What? But we here at Channel 36 Spanish Language TV so deeply desire a chance to kick all you all's asses!

[duke o' york]

I've already said that since Wilde is Irish, he doesn't count!

[BeBMan]

[stupid poly comment]Why can't the French and the Brits simply nuke it out and be done with it[/stupid poly comment]

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by duke o' york
Laz is right, the French haven't got a hope when it comes to poets. Although if anyone mentions Wordsworth as a Great Britain hope, then I'll laugh so much I might spill my pint. And you wouldn't want that to happen.
Fortunately, although he wrote almost all of his work in Britain, Wilde doesn't count, or else they'd have a pretty tough time with drama too.

Stick to the novels mes braves!

I think Wordsworth is worthy of mention. I share his veneration of nature and I can identify with the way he experiences nature.

[Brundlefly]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


Promoting a gay icon !

Long time ago when I had AOL, I put an Oscar Wilde quote in my member profile. Almost immediately, I began to get IM'd by gay guys. I removed the quote and the IM's stopped. I think by I must have stumbled upon some kind of secret protocol for gays on AOL that indicates availablility..

[Brundlefly]

I ride the train with a girl from Liverpool who came to the US to teach Literature at the university level. When I asked her what American Literature she enjoys, she turned her nose up. I was surprised to hear from her that the British completely ignore American Literature at university. You are doing yourselves a great disservice. Poe, Dickinson, Twain, Whitman, and Melville, for starters, are all exceptional 19th century American authors..

[Imran Siddiqui]

Mark Twain . It's a shame if some snobby lit person never read anything by him.

Poe is also very good as well.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi
Conrad is 20th Century, due to Heart of Darkness being published in 1902. So the Brits can't use Conrad.

Nostromo says Heart was published in 1899.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Ben Kenobi


Thomas Hardy?

Good point, in quality, if not necessarily in influence.

[lord of the mark]

Originally posted by Dr Strangelove
Do Gilbert and Sullivan count?

I say no. No librettos.