Richard Henry Wilde
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Works by Richard Henry Wilde
(1789-1847)
| 1819 | The Lament of the Captive. The poet and Georgia congressman's intended epic on the Seminole War is notable mainly for the highly praised lyric "My Life Is Like the Summer Rose," nationally reprinted unattributed, without the author's consent. After several poets claim to be its author, Wilde would finally receive credit in 1834. |
| 1842 | Conjectures and Researches Concerning the Love, Madness, and Imprisonment of Torquato Tasso. A critical examination by the Georgian poet, lawyer, and congressman of the imprisonment and later release of the Italian poet Tasso, the author of Jerusalem Delivered (1575). Wilde discusses the documents concerning the prison sentence, which was officially for madness, and also looks at Tasso's poetry. He concludes that Tasso was not mad but was jailed for being romantically involved with a woman above his social stratum and feigned madness to escape persecution. Wilde's first and only book published during his lifetime is highly acclaimed by critics. |
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