Edwin Atherstone [SEP] date of death
Edwin Atherstone
Edwin Atherstone (1788–1872) was a poet and novelist. His works, which were planned on an imposing scale, attracted some temporary attention and applause, but are now forgotten. His chief poem, "The Fall of Nineveh", consisting of thirty books, appeared at intervals from 1828 to 1868. It narrates about war waged by the coalition of many nations led by Median prince Arbaces and Babylonian priest Belesis against the tyrannical king of Assyria Sardanapalus, who defeated in many battles burns his own palace and dies
prosecution by the Society for the Prevention of Vice.
- At about this date Sunthorn Phu is imprisoned and begins his epic poem "Phra Aphai Mani".
Works published in English.
Works published in English United Kingdom.
- Edwin Atherstone, "The Last Days of Herculaneum"
- Joanna Baillie, "Metrical Legends of Exalted Characters"
- John Banim, "The Celt's Paradise"
- Thomas Lovell Beddoes, "The Improvisatore, in Three Fyttes, with Other Poems"
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