Gosse, Sir Edmund

Japanese: ゴス（英語表記）Gosse， Sir Edmund

Born: September 21, 1849, London
[Died] May 16, 1928, London. British critic and literary historian. He grew up in a Puritan family, and his experiences of intense love and hate for his father led him to become interested in literature, which he details in his autobiography, Father and Son (1907). He was once a staff member of the British Museum and the House of Lords, but continued to write, publishing literary histories such as 18th Century Literature (1889), biographies of T. Gray and Donne, and translations of Ibsen's plays. He was a pioneer not only in the study of 17th and 18th century English literature, but also in the study of Scandinavian and French literature.

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Japanese:

[生]1849.9.21. ロンドン
[没]1928.5.16. ロンドン
イギリスの批評家，文学史家。ピューリタン的な家風のもとに育ち，父への激しい愛憎を経験して文学に関心をもつにいたった事情は，自伝『父と子』 Father and Son (1907) に詳しい。大英博物館や上院の職員となったこともあるが，文筆活動を続け，『18世紀イギリス文学』 18th Century Literature (1889) などの文学史，T.グレーやダンの評伝，イプセンの戯曲の翻訳を出した。 17，18世紀イギリス文学の研究ばかりでなく，スカンジナビア文学，フランス文学研究でも先駆者的業績を上げた。

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