Tobias Smollett
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| Biografia | |
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| Naixement | (en) Tobias George Smollett 19 març 1721 Cardross (Escòcia) (en)  |
| Mort | 17 setembre 1771 (50 anys) Liorna (Itàlia) |
| Causa de mort | Causes naturals (Tuberculosi ) |
| Sepultura | Old English Cemetery, Livorno (en) |
| Dades personals | |
| Formació | Universitat de Glasgow |
| Activitat | |
| Ocupació | metge escriptor, cirurgià, traductor, poeta, periodista, historiador, novel·lista, escriptor |
| Activitat | 1748 – |
| Gènere | Poesia i novel·la |
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Tobias George Smollett (1721 – 1771) va ser un escriptor i poeta escocès. Es va donar a conèixer amb novel·les picaresques com The Adventures of Roderick Random (1748) i The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle (1751), les quals va influenciar Charles Dickens.
Smollett va rebre educació com a cirurgià a la Universitat de Glasgow Durant 1739 marxà a Londres a cercar fortuna com a dramaturg. Com a cirurgià s'enrolà a un vaixell i arribà a Jamaica,on hi residí uns anys. Durant 1742 exercí com cirurgià a la captura de Cartagena. George Orwell el va qualificar com el millor novel·lista d'Escòcia.
Bibliografia
- 1746: Advice (poetry)[1]
- 1747: Reproof: A satire, a sequel to Advice (poetry)[1]
- 1748: Translator, The Adventures of Gil Blas of Santillane, published anonymously (dated, incorrectly, "1749"), translated from the original L'Histoire de Gil Blas de Santillane by Alain-René Le Sage[1]
- 1748: The Adventures of Roderick Random, published anonymously[1]
- 1749: The Regicide; or, James the First, of Scotland: A tragedy (play)[1]
- 1751: The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle, published anonymously[1]
- 1753: The Adventures of Ferdinand Count Fathom[1]
- 1755: Translator, The History and Adventures of the Renowned Don Quixote, translated from the original Spanish of Cervantes.[1] Vol. 1: [1]. Vol. 2: [2].
- 1756: A Compendium of Authentic and Entertaining Voyages, published anonymously; nonfiction[1]
- 1756: Editor and one of the writers, The Critical Review; or, Annals of Literature, a periodical published semi-annually from this year until 1790[1]
- 1757–1758: A Complete History of England by David Hume, in four volumes, with Smollett adding his own Continuation of the History of England, published from 1760–1765, as an additional volume; nonfiction[1]
- 1757: The Reprisal; or, The Tars of Old England: A comedy, anonymously published; a play performed on 22 January[1]
- 1760: The British Magazine, a periodical published in eight volumes; Volumes 1 and 2 include the first publication of Launcelot Greaves (see below)[1]
- 1761–1765: The Works of Voltaire, an English translation of Voltaire in thirty-five volumes, which Smollett edited with Thomas Francklin[2]
- 1762: The Life and Adventures of Sir Launcelot Greaves, first edition as a book; originally serialised in The British Magazine from gener 1760 to desembre 1761 (see above)[1]
- 1766: Travels through France and Italy, nonfiction[1]
- 1768–1769: The Present State of all Nations, published in eight volumes; nonfiction[1]
- 1769: The History and Adventures of an Atom[1]
- 1771: The Expedition of Humphry Clinker[1]
Referències
- ↑ 1,00 1,01 1,02 1,03 1,04 1,05 1,06 1,07 1,08 1,09 1,10 1,11 1,12 1,13 1,14 1,15 1,16 1,17 Cox, Michael, editor, The Concise Oxford Chronology of English Literature, Oxford University Press, 2004, ISBN 0-19-860634-6
- ↑ Kenneth Simpson, Smollett, Tobias George (1721–1771), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, setembre 2004; online edn, gener 2008, consultat el 13 desembre 2009
- Lewis, Jeremy (Cape, 2003) Tobias Smollett
- George Rousseau (1982). Tobias Smollett: Essays of Two Decades (Edinburgh: T&T Clark).
- George Rousseau (2004). Nervous Acts: Essays on Literature, Culture and Sensibility. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 1-4039-3454-1 (Paperback) ISBN 1-4039-3453-3 (Hardcover)
Enllaços externs
 | A Viquidites hi ha citacions, dites populars i frases fetes relatives a Tobias Smollett |
- Tobias Smollett at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (ECPA)
- Obres de Tobias Smollett al Projecte Gutenberg.
- Obres de o sobre Tobias Smollett a Internet Archive
- Online editions of his works Arxivat 2015-01-13 a Wayback Machine.
- Smollett Monument, including translation of the inscription[Enllaç no actiu]
