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The Lost Leader (play)
The Lost Leader may refer to: * The Lost Leader (poem), an 1845 poem by Robert Browning * ''The Lost Leader'' (radio play), a 1934 Australian radio drama * ''The Lost Leader'', a 2008 collection of poetry by Mick Imlah Michael Ogilvie Imlah (26 September 1956 – 12 January 2009), better known as Mick Imlah, was a Scottish poet and editor. Background Imlah was brought up in Milngavie near Glasgow, before moving to Beckenham, Kent, in 1966. He was educated at Ma ... See also * A Lost Leader (other) {{DEFAULTSORT:Lost Leader, The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Leader (poem)
"The Lost Leader" is an 1845 poem by Robert Browning first published in his book ''Dramatic Romances and Lyrics''. It berates William Wordsworth for what Browning considered his desertion of the liberal cause, and his lapse from his high idealism. More generally, it is an attack on any liberal leader who has deserted his cause. It is one of Browning's "best known, if not actually best, poems". Text Context From an early age, Browning (b. 1812) had been an admirer of the (early) works of Wordsworth (b. 1770). As observes, Browning had sought to become "Wordsworth's radical successor", and his attitude towards Wordsworth was "a test model of a strong poet's quest for self-definition against an overbearing predecessor". The poem's lines "We that had loved him so, followed him, honoured him, / ... / Made him our pattern to live and to die!" refer to this. However, when he began to perceive Wordsworth sliding into conservative politics and the Church of England, he became increasi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Lost Leader (radio Play)
''The Lost Leader'' is a 1934 Australian radio drama by Edmund Barclay about Ludwig Leichhardt Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, (23 October 1813 – c. 1848) was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.Ken Eastwood,'Cold case: Leichhardt's dis .... It was broadcast throughout Australia on the ABC network. ''The Sun'' said it "held the listener absorbed for an hour. The daring solution of the fate of Leichhardt and his expedition from East to West was vividly suggested." References External linksThe Lost Leaderat Ausstage {{DEFAULTSORT:Lost Leader 1934 radio dramas Radio plays by Edmund Barclay Australian radio dramas about explorers Australian radio dramas set in the Northern Territory ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mick Imlah
Michael Ogilvie Imlah (26 September 1956 – 12 January 2009), better known as Mick Imlah, was a Scottish poet and editor. Background Imlah was brought up in Milngavie near Glasgow, before moving to Beckenham, Kent, in 1966. He was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he subsequently taught as a Junior Fellow. He helped revive the historic ''Oxford Poetry'' before editing ''Poetry Review'' from 1983–6, and then worked at the ''Times Literary Supplement'' from 1992. His collection ''The Lost Leader'' (2008) won the Forward Prize for Best Collection, and was shortlisted for the 2009 International Griffin Poetry Prize. Imlah died in January 2009, aged 52, as a result of motor neurone disease. He was diagnosed with this disease in December 2007. An issue of ''Oxford Poetry'' was dedicated to his memory. Alan Hollinghurst dedicated his 2011 novel '' The Stranger's Child'' to Imlah's memory; the final section of the novel has the epigraph 'No one remembers you at all' from Iml ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
