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HOOD, THOMAS: British Romantic Poet

HOOD, THOMAS:

(1799-1845)



Thomas Hood English poet and writer was the son of a publisher and bookseller whose death in 1811 led to his education being curtailed. Thomas Hood worked as an engraver. In 1821 he got a job in London Magazine as an editorial assistant, the owners of which were old friends of his father's. He thus found himself at the heart of the literary scene.


His first volume, written in collaboration with his friend Joshua Reynolds was 'Odes' and 'Addresses to Great People' published in 1825. From that book, he gained fame as a satirical poet. Two more collections of magazines and articles followed it entitled 'Whims' and 'Oddities' in 1826 and 1827. He edited and published his work in a number of periodicals including 'The Gem', 'Comic Annuals', 'New Monthly Magazine, and finally Hood's Own'.

Despite the fact that Hood was favorite family reading for years, he was always short of money. He got into debt over the business side of his ventures and had to spend 1837-1840 abroad to keep clear of creditors. He also suffered from poor health and died early of tuberculosis.

In the poems 'The Bridge of Sighs', 'The workhouse Clock', 'The Song of the Shirt', 'The Lady's dream', and 'The Lay of the Laborer' he took up the cause of the poor, the oppressed and the neglected and made stirring and original poetry of it. He was one of those writers who really moved the public conscience and opened the way to a more just and merciful society.




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