Charles Lamb

Charles Lamb ( born February 10, 1775 in London, † December 27, 1834 in Edmonton, London Borough of Enfield today ) was an English poet.

Charles Lamb was 1792-1825 employed by the East India Company as Secretary and died on December 27, 1834 in Edmonton.

As a writer he came first in the London Magazine ( under the name Elijah ) (collected in 1823 and 1833 ), with essays on where he delivered his cheerful philosophy of life, and be stringed which is the best that has the English literature in this subject.

His poems are mostly lyrical content, more trifling than thrilled, but full of tenderness and grace. As a type of his poetry, the poem translated by Ferdinand Freiligrath The old familiar faces are.

General applause found his Tale of Rosamond Grey ( 1798) and Tales from Shakespeare in 1807, 2 vols, to which his sister Mary Ann ( 1765-1847 ) played a part.

In his Specimens of English dramatic poets who lived about the time of Shakespeare (London 1808, 2 vols, most recently reprinted in Bohn's Antiquarian library, 1854), he pointed to the simplicity and purity of diction of the old dramatist, which he himself, in his tragedy John Woodvil (1801 ) sought.

His album verses (London 1830) contain occasional poems.

Works (selection)

• The Adventures of Odysseus. Insel-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 2005, ISBN 3-458-34822-0.
• Tales from Shakespeare. Ueberreuter Verlag, Wien 2004, ISBN 3-8000-5068-4.