This drawing is often used to depict Stagnelius peculiar appereance, although it may be exagerrated. Erik Johan Stagnelius was born October 14, 1793 in Gärdslösa, on the island Öland, and died on April 3, 1823 in Stockholm. He was a Romantic poet from Sweden. Jump to: navigation, search Image File history File links Erik_Johan_Stagnelius,_color. ...
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Jump to: navigation, search October 14 is the 287th day of the year (288th in Leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ...
Öland? is an island in the Baltic Sea. ...
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1823 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...
Jump to: navigation, search The Old town in Stockholm from the air Stockholm [▶] is the capital of Sweden, located on the east coast at the entrance of lake Mälaren. ...
The specific use of Romantic poetry varies, but the most common definition is a movement in poetry seeking formal freedom, increased emotional effect and use of ancient and folk sources for poetry. ...
1810 to 1840 was a blossoming-time in Swedish poetry, and there were several writers of distinguished merit. Second only to Esaias Tegnér in genius, the brief life and mysterious death of Erik Johan Stagnelius have given a romantic interest to all that is connected with his name. Esaias Tegnér Esaias Tegnér (November 13, 1782 - November 2, 1846), Swedish writer, was born at Kyrkerud in Wermelandia. ...
Life
His father was a vicar on Öland, which likely influenced Stagnelius spiritual thinking. He had several brothers and sisters. He took his Bachelor's Degree from Uppsala University in 1814. As a person he was said to have been notable ugly, to the degree that even prostitutes shunned him. A woman who knew him, said of his poetry "where in this shabby person lays the beauty which his poetry express?". In the broadest sense, a vicar (from the Latin vicarius) is anyone acting as a substitute or agent for a superior (compare vicarious). In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant. ...
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Uppsala University (Swedish Uppsala universitet) is a public university in Uppsala, Sweden. ...
He was notably gloomy and lived alone for most of his life, although he seemed to flourish during brief visits to his home stead. As he first arrived to Stockholm, he astrived success as a poet, but this did not come until after his death.
His first publication was the epic of Vladimir the Great (1817); to this succeeded the romantic poem Blanda. His singular dramas, The Bacchantes (1822), Sigurd Ring, which was posthumous, and The Martyrs (1821), are esteemed by many critics to be his most original productions. His mystical lyrics, entitled Liljor i Saron ( Lilies in Sharon ; 1820), and his sonnets, which are best read in Swedish, may be recommended as among the most delicate products of the Scandinavian mind.
It is believed that he suffered a chronical physical condition causing him increasing pain, and that he used opium as his main remedy. On the details of his life, little is known. He had few if any friends, and no female friends either. At his death at the age of 29, no relatives were present at the funeral. Jump to: navigation, search Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ...
Poetry Stagnelius has been compared, and not improperly, to Shelley. Several of Stagnelius poems were translated into English by Edmund Gosse (1886). The bulk of his poetry was found in a sack in his shaddy apartment, after his death. They were almost sent to be burnt, but were instead kept, and several are still being appreciated today for their romantic and mystic/spiritual qualities. The perhaps best known are the poem "Näcken," a romantic verse-based poem about the Nix; Till förruttnelsen (For Decay) and Resa Amanda, jag ska (Go Amanda, I will). Shelley may mean: Shelley, Essex Shelley, Suffolk Shelley, West Yorkshire Shelley, Western Australia a suburb of Perth The Rule in Shelleys Case, a principle of the common law relating to property Percy Bysshe Shelley, English poet and husband of Mary Shelley Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, English novelist and wife of...
Edmund William Gosse (September 21, 1849 - May 16, 1928) was an English poet, author and critic, the son of Philip Henry Gosse. ...
Verse is a writing that uses meter as its primary organisational mode, as opposed to prose, which uses grammatical and discoursal units like sentences and paragraphs. ...
Strömkarlen from 1884 by Ernst Josephson has formed many modern Swedes view of Näcken. ...
Philosophy His thinking, which is evident from his later works, is influenced by mystics and romantic philosophers. Partly, he was also influenced by gnostic beliefs. Not proper, perhaps, in the Christian 19th century Sweden, this possible belief has been thouroughly examined, and is believed to have originated by a reading of the Swedish translation of Ginza Raba, the holy works of the Mandaeninsm, published as Adam's Book. Other persons whose works he read and were likely influences were Schelling, Böhme and Plato. Mysticism (ancient Greek mysticon = secret) is meditation, prayer, or theology focused on the direct experience of union with divinity, God, or Ultimate Reality, or the belief that such experience is a genuine and important source of knowledge. ...
Romance or romantic can refer to: Romance (genre) - a style of Medieval narrative fiction. ...
Gnosticism is a blanket term for various religions and sects most prominent in the first few centuries A.D. General characteristics The word gnosticism comes from the Greek word for knowledge, gnosis (γνῶσις), referring to the idea that there is special, hidden mysticism (esoteric knowledge) that only a few possess. ...
Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph von Schelling (January 27, 1775 - August 20, 1854) was a German philosopher. ...
Böhme, Boehme refers to: Christian Boehmer Anfinsen, US-amerikanischer Biochemiker Erich Böhme, Journalist Erwin Böhme, deutscher Jagdflieger im Ersten Weltkrieg Hans-Joachim Böhme, Minister für Hoch- und Fachschulwesen der DDR, see German article Jakob Böhme Kurt Böhme Boehmes giant day gecko See...
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Poem "For Decay" Although poetry should probably best be professionally translated, this semi-litterar translation of the first two verses will hopefully be sufficent to display the contents of the poem.
(I)
- Decay, hurry, beloved bride
- to make our lonesome stead!
- Rejected by World, Rejected by God
- but you I entrust my hopes.
- Hurry, flower our chamber's – blackish stretch
- The sighing lover your dwelling shall reach.
- Hurry, make our bridal sweet -- with carnation spring
- will her sow.
(II) - Shut tender in your womb my languish body,
- Choke with your touch my pain!
- In worms thoughts and feelling dissolve,
- in ashes my burning heart.
- Rich are you, Girl! -- As dowry give
- the vaste, the greening Earth for me.
- I anguish up here, but happy will be
- with you below.
(Original poem here)
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