Goldsmith, Oliver

Japanese: ゴールドスミス（英語表記）Goldsmith， Oliver

Born: November 10, 1728. Pallas
[died] 4 April 1774, London. Born in Ireland, he was a member of the literary club led by S. Johnson. After graduating from Trinity College, Dublin, he wandered about in poverty, and then moved to London to begin his life as a writer. He gained recognition for his essay The Citizen of the World (1762), which satirised the state of society from a Chinese perspective, and his novel The Vicar of Wakefield (66), which depicts a good-natured country clergyman and his family. He also wrote plays, and his comedy The Good-Natured Man (68) was followed by She Stoops to Conquer (73), which is known as a representative 18th century comedy. His long poem The Traveller (64) and The Deserted Village (70), which sings of the desolation of rural areas, are also famous.

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[生]1728.11.10. パラス
[没]1774.4.4. ロンドン
アイルランド生れのイギリスの詩人，劇作家，小説家。 S.ジョンソンを中心とする文学クラブの一員。ダブリンのトリニティ・カレッジを出て貧困のうちに放浪，ロンドンで文筆生活に入る。中国人の目で世相を風刺した随筆『世界市民』 The Citizen of the World (1762) で認められ，好人物の田舎牧師の一家を描く小説『ウェークフィールドの牧師』 The Vicar of Wakefield (66) で名声を得た。また，劇作にも筆を染め，喜劇『お人よし』 The Good-Natured Man (68) のあとの『負けるが勝ち』 She Stoops to Conquer (73) は，代表的な 18世紀喜劇として知られる。長編詩『旅人行』 The Traveller (64) ，農村の荒廃を歌った詩『荒村行』 The Deserted Village (70) も有名。

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