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John Forster (* 2. April 1812 in Newcastle upon Tyne; † 2. Februar 1876 in London) war ein englischer Publizist, Historiker und Biograph. Er war mit Charles Dickens befreundet. Inhaltsverzeichnis. 1 Leben. 2 Werk. 3 Kunstsammler und -förderer. 4 Literatur. 5 Einzelnachweise. 6 Weblinks. Leben. John Forsters Vater, ein Unitarier, war Viehzüchter.
John Forster (2 April 1812 – 2 February 1876) was a Victorian English biographer and literary critic. Life. Forster was born at "a little yellow house" in Fenkle Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, second of four children of Unitarian cattle-dealer Robert Forster (died 1836) and Mary (c. 1780-1852), daughter of a Gallowgate dairy farm keeper. [1] .
29. März 2024 · John Forster was a writer and journalist, a notable figure in mid-19th-century literary London who, through his friendship with the influential editor Leigh Hunt, became adviser, agent, and proofreader to many leading writers of the day. A close friend and adviser of Charles Dickens, he wrote The.
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20. Juni 2008 · Project Gutenberg. 73,571 free eBooks. The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete by John Forster. Read now or download (free!) Similar Books. Readers also downloaded… About this eBook. Free kindle book and epub digitized and proofread by volunteers.
- Forster, John, 1812-1876
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12. Aug. 2011 · I close-read Forster's biography alongside Dickens's own discussions of male friendship in his fiction, journalism and letters, using approaches from queer theory and a historical approach to friendship between men to offer a new framework for understanding the narrative and emotional effects of biographical intimacy.
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- 2011
edit data. John Forster (1812-1876) was an English biographer, a critic and a friend of Charles Dickens. He contributed to The True Sun, The Morning Chronicle and The Examiner, of which he was literary and dramatic critic. His Lives of the Statesmen of the Commonwealth (1836-1839), published in 1840, obtained immediate recognition, making ...
John Forster (1812–76), an exact contemporary of Charles Dickens, was one of his closest friends, and acted for him (as for many other authors) as advisor, editor, proofreader, agent and marketing manager: according to Thackeray, 'whenever anyone is in a scrape we all fly to him for refuge. He is omniscient and works miracles.' Forster was ...
