Peacock, Thomas Love

Japanese: ピーコック（英語表記）Peacock， Thomas Love

Born: 18 October 1785, Weymouth
[Died] January 23, 1866. Halliford British novelist and poet. Father-in-law of Shelley's friend Meredith. Self-taught in classical literature, he worked for the East India Company for many years. His novels Headlong Hall (1816), Nightmare Abbey (18), and Crotchet Castle (31) are satirical works that feature eccentric characters relaxing and engaging in lengthy conversations without any clear plot, satirizing the state of the world and famous people. His other works, Maid Marian (22) and The Misfortunes of Elphin (29), focus on medieval romance. His treatise The Four Ages of Poetry (1920) was what inspired Shelley to write A Defence of Poetry.

Peacock
Peacock, Reginald

Born: circa 1395, Wales
[died] 1460. Thorney Abbey, Cambridgeshire. English clergyman. Known as "the greatest theologian of the 15th century," he is famous for his "Repressor of over-much weeting of the clergie" (1455), a refutation of the Lollards' criticism of the clergy. The text is said to be a model of 15th-century English, as well as being of great theological significance.

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[生]1785.10.18. ウェイマウス
[没]1866.1.23. ハリフォード
イギリスの小説家，詩人。シェリーの友人，メレディスの岳父。独学で古典文学を修め，長年東インド会社に勤務した。小説『ヘッドロング邸』 Headlong Hall (1816) ，『夢魔院』 Nightmare Abbey (18) ，『奇想城』 Crotchet Castle (31) などは，筋らしい筋もなく風変りな人物がくつろぎながら長大な会話を繰広げ，世相や著名な人物を風刺するというもので，ほかに中世的ロマンスに重点をおいたものに『メアリアン姫』 Maid Marian (22) ，『エルピンの不幸』 The Misfortunes of Elphin (29) がある。詩論『詩の4つの時代』 The Four Ages of Poetry (1920) は，シェリーが『詩の弁護』を書く動機となったもの。

ピーコック
Peacock， Reginald

[生]1395頃.ウェールズ
[没]1460. ケンブリッジシャー，ソーニイアベー
イギリスの聖職者。「15世紀最大の神学者」と呼ばれ，聖職者を非難するロラード派への反駁文"Repressor of over-much weeting of the clergie" (1455) で有名。その文章は神学的意義のみならず 15世紀英語の模範といわれる。

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