The Life and Poetry of George Darley
This book is a monumental work on the late Romantic Irish poet, George Darley, with a scholarly edition of his complete poetry and a new biography. The text of each poem is meticulously edited from manuscript and printed sources. For the first time, Darley is established as a translator of the First Book of Virgil’s Æneid. A newly discovered manuscript of Darley’s 70 Lenimina Laborum poems enriches the edition, while the celebrated Nepenthe is authoritatively presented with Darley’s manuscript running headnotes. The book introduces over 40 new manuscript letters by Darley, and discusses contemporary reviews of his work and a century of critical commentary. Darley’s influence on Tennyson is evaluated and his vast periodical contributions are examined. In addition, the insightful interpretation of Nepenthe by Edward Hutchinson Synge is presented. This book will be of great interest to scholars of the Romantic period, readers of contemporary periodical journalism, and students of Irish literary history.
Dr Donald J. Lange received his PhD in English Literature from Trinity College at the University of Cambridge in 1984. His dissertation was on the poetry of George Darley. Building on his early work, he resumed his research in 2016 with the intention of publishing a book on Darley’s life and poetry. In addition to his literary interests, he received his LLB in 1982 from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University, Toronto, Canada. In 2003, he was appointed as a Judge of the Ontario Small Claims Court. He is the author of the definitive legal treatise, The Doctrine of Res Judicata in Canada, 4th Edition (2015), and continues to practice law in Toronto.
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