John Galsworthy (1867–1933)
Autor(a) de The Forsyte Saga
About the Author
At age 28, after a gentlemanly education at Harrow and Oxford, and a training at law, Galsworthy settled into simultaneous careers as a novelist and a playwright. The Silver Box, Galsworthy's first successful drama, was staged in 1906, the year he published the first volume of what was to become mostrar mais The Forsyte Saga. His one-word titles - Justice (1910), Strife (1909), Loyalties (1922)---suggest the nature of Galsworthy's artistic ambition: to generalize a social indictment, keeping faith with the objective methods of naturalism. In each, Galsworthy favors an austere irony and unresolvable situations, and balanced moral positions are displayed in the cabinetwork of "well-made" playwrighting. Reputed to have led to reforms in its time, his realism today seems contrived to produce aesthetic distance and a sense of resignation that is precisely what contemporary political dramatists strain hardest to avoid. Not surprisingly, critics have come away from revivals with the sense that (especially in his spare language) Galsworthy anticipates Harold Pinter rather than more socially engaged playwrights. Galsworthy wrote novels and plays alternately throughout his life. His masterwork, The Forsyte Saga, begun in 1906 and finished in 1928, and consisting of six separate novels and two linking interludes, is the most famous example of the sequence novel in English literature. It is a study of the property sense, the possessive spirit, in different individuals and generations of English middle-class society. He also completed a second trilogy dealing with the Forsyte family, called A Modern Comedy (1928). His last trilogy, a study of the Charwell family, is called End of the Chapter (1933). Galsworthy's later years brought him many honors, including the presidency of P.E.N. and honorary degrees from Oxford, Cambridge, and several other universities. After World War I, he was offered a knighthood, which he refused. He did, however, accept the Order of Merit in 1929, and in 1932 he was awarded the Nobel Prize. He was, however, too ill to attend the Nobel ceremony and died within two months of receiving the award. Although his posthumous reputation had waned, the centenary of his death, in 1967, brought a re-creation of The Forsyte Saga on British and American television in serial form. Interest in him skyrocketed, and the Forsyte novels again became bestsellers. With new popularity came fresh critical analysis. Pamela Hansford Johnson called The Forsyte Saga "a work of profound social insight and patchy psychological insight" (N.Y. Times). His critical writings include The Inn of Tranquility: Studies and Essays (1911) and Author and Critic. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras de John Galsworthy
The Apple Tree: Tales from the Caravan, the Assembled Collection (Nonsuch Classics) (2004) 15 cópias
Galsworthy Compact Edition : 6 Volume Set - The Forsyte Saga; The White Monkey; The Silver Spoon; Swan Song; Caravan;… (1929) 9 cópias
Addresses in America: 1919 4 cópias
Die Ersten und die Letzten . Ein Mann aus Devon — Autor — 4 cópias
THE FORSYTE SAGA VOLUME II & III 3 cópias
The Forsyte saga [DVD] 3 cópias
Concerning the Palming of Cards 3 cópias
Satires and a commentary 3 cópias
Justice and Other Plays (Tauchnitz Edition Collection of British and American Authors Vol. 4362) 3 cópias
The Burning Spear / Villa Rubein 3 cópias
Bojor Forsytesagan 2 cópias
Svanesång Forsytesagan 2 cópias
Ancella 2 cópias
H3: IAppigionasi 2 cópias
Landa in fiore. 2 cópias
Silverskeden Forsytesagan 2 cópias
Four Forsyte Stories 2 cópias
Att Hyra Forsytesagan 2 cópias
Den Vita Apan Forsytesagan 2 cópias
Новеллы 2 cópias
[unidentified works] 2 cópias
Moderní komedie. Kniha III, Labutí zpěv 1 exemplar(es)
Memories by John Sir Galsworthy (2004-04-10) 1 exemplar(es)
John Galsworthy: Meisternovellen 1 exemplar(es)
The Forsyte Collection - Complete 9 Books: The Man of Property, Indian Summer of a Forsyte, In Chancery, Awakening, To… 1 exemplar(es)
Venkovské sídlo 1 exemplar(es)
Os novos Forsyte 1 exemplar(es)
The Galsworthy reader. Edited by Anthony West 1 exemplar(es)
The Dark Flower. Read by Toby Stephens [CD] 1 exemplar(es)
En man från Devon och andra berättelser 1 exemplar(es)
The Forsyte Chronicles, Vol. 3: End of the Chapter 1 exemplar(es)
The Silver Spoon by John Galsworthy 1 exemplar(es)
Denkwürdige Tage 1 exemplar(es)
Ancella - Landa in fiore 1 exemplar(es)
Die Goldenen Äpfel 1 exemplar(es)
HThe IForsyte saga 1 exemplar(es)
Forsytesagan. Bd 4, På Forsytebörsen 1 exemplar(es)
Die Forsytes - Das Ende vom Lied 1 exemplar(es)
Forsytesagan. Bd 3, Gryning ; Att hyra 1 exemplar(es)
Forsytesagan. Bd 2, En Forsytes brittsommar ; Bojor 1 exemplar(es)
Forsytesagan. Bd 1, Förmöget folk 1 exemplar(es)
Als dated Oct 11 1925 1 exemplar(es)
A Family Man and Other Plays 1 exemplar(es)
LINGURA DE ARGINT COMEDIA MODERNA VOL2 1 exemplar(es)
Floarea întunecată 1 exemplar(es)
Mai presus iubirea 1 exemplar(es)
Собрание сочинений : в шестнадцати томах : [пер. с англ.] 1 exemplar(es)
FORSYTE SAGA VOL2 1 exemplar(es)
Kaasaegne komöödia 1 exemplar(es)
Kaasaegne komöödia II 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte'ide saaga I 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte'ide saaga II 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte'ide saaga III 1 exemplar(es)
O Proprietário 1 exemplar(es)
Acme (Modern English Short Stories) 1 exemplar(es)
FORSYTE SAGA VOL1 1 exemplar(es)
FORSYTE SAGA VOL3 1 exemplar(es)
Plays of John Galsworthy 1 exemplar(es)
THE WHITE MONKEY by JOHN GALSWORTHY Scribners 1924 1969 TP [Hardcover] John Galsworthy 1 exemplar(es)
John Galsworthy: 7 Novels 1 exemplar(es)
Plays of, The 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte Saga, The - 3 Vols. 1 exemplar(es)
Three Novels of Society, Compact Edition Volume IV 1 exemplar(es)
CINTECUL LEBEDEI/ COMEDIA MODERNA VOL3 1 exemplar(es)
Bloeiende wildernis 1 exemplar(es)
Die Forsyte- Saga, VIII. Blühende Wildnis. 1 exemplar(es)
Hand to Earth 1 exemplar(es)
Die forsyie saga 1 exemplar(es)
FLOAREA INTUNECATA 1 exemplar(es)
MAIMUTA ALBA/ COMEDIA MODERNA VOL1 1 exemplar(es)
Il Possidente- L'estate di San Martino di un forsyte. 1 exemplar(es)
The Forsyte Saga/A Modern Comedy 1 exemplar(es)
Der Menschenfischer 1 exemplar(es)
Ikke av denne verden 1 exemplar(es)
Ein Kommentar Menschen und Schatten 1 exemplar(es)
The Novels, Tales, and Plays Of John Galsworthy; vol. XXI, A modern comedy, A silent wooing [&] The silver spoon vol. 2 1 exemplar(es)
The bells of peace 1 exemplar(es)
Meisternovellen 1 exemplar(es)
On expression 1 exemplar(es)
Denkwürdige Tage Novellen 1 exemplar(es)
The Forsyte Saga (Part 1 of 2-parts)(Library CD Edition) 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte-sagaen, 9-10 bind: Blomstrende villnis, Over elven 1 exemplar(es)
For love of beasts, 1 exemplar(es)
Quality,The Consummation 1 exemplar(es)
John Galsworthy Collection 1 exemplar(es)
Forsytein taru. 2 1 exemplar(es)
Modern Komédia 1-2 1 exemplar(es)
The works of John Galsworthy. Vol. 24: A Modern Comedy 1 exemplar(es)
The works of John Galsworthy. Vol. 25: A Modern Comedy. 1 exemplar(es)
A Forsyta- Saga l-ll-lll-lV. 1 exemplar(es)
Gesammelte Werke 1 exemplar(es)
Opere 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte-sagaen, 7-8 bind: På Forsytebørsen, Ventetid 1 exemplar(es)
La dinastia de los Forsyte 1 exemplar(es)
The novels, tales and plays of John Galsworthy; Vol. XXII, A modern comedy, Passers by [and Swan song, vol. III 1 exemplar(es)
A Família Forsyte II Livro 1 1 exemplar(es)
The Queen's gift book : in aid of Queen Mary's convalescent auxiliary hospitals for soldiers and sailors who… 1 exemplar(es)
Manna (in Law in Lit) 1 exemplar(es)
The Juryman 1 exemplar(es)
Flor sombria 1 exemplar(es)
THE PLAYS OF JOHN GALSWORTHY 1929 [Leather Bound] 1 exemplar(es)
John Galsworthy - A Bit O' Love: "A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of… (2017) 1 exemplar(es)
A stoic and the apple tree 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte Saga, D7 1 exemplar(es)
The Forsytes Continue: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation 1 exemplar(es)
Forsyte-sagaen, 3-4 bind: Til leie, Den hvite ape 1 exemplar(es)
Best of John Galsworthy (boxed set of 2 volumes) 1 exemplar(es)
Plays, Volume II: Justice, The Little Dream, The Pigeon, The Fugitive (The Novels, Tales, and Plays of John Galsworthy… 1 exemplar(es)
Plays, Volume IV: A Family Man, Loyalties, Window, Six Short Plays (The Novels, Tale, and Plays of John Galsworthy… 1 exemplar(es)
Plays, Volume V: The Forest, Old English, The Show, Escape (The Novels, Tale, and Plays of John Galsworthy Volume XIX… 1 exemplar(es)
The Man of Property (The Forsyte Chronicles, #1) 1 exemplar(es)
Forsytein taru 1 exemplar(es)
International Thought 1 exemplar(es)
Three tales 1 exemplar(es)
Dincolo 1 exemplar(es)
The Forsytes Concludes: BBC Radio 4 Full-Cast Dramatisation 1 exemplar(es)
A nova geração - A saga dos Forsytes - Livro 3 1 exemplar(es)
Associated Works
Playwrights on Playwriting: The Meaning and Making of Modern Drama from Ibsen to Ionesco (1960) — Contribuinte — 110 cópias
The world of law; a treasury of great writing about and in the law, short stories, plays, essays, accounts, letters,… (1960) — Contribuinte — 54 cópias
Out of the Best Books: An Anthology of Literature, Vol. 1: The Individual and Human Values (1964) — Contribuinte — 40 cópias
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contribuinte — 25 cópias
Oogst der tijden : keur uit de werken van schrijvers en dichters aller volken en eeuwen (1940) — Contribuinte — 10 cópias
The Methuen Drama Book of Naturalist Plays: A Doll's House, Miss Julie, The Weavers, Mrs Warren's Profession, Three… (2010) — Contribuinte — 5 cópias
Best Legal Stories — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
The Reviewer, Volume II, Numbers 1-6 (October 1921-March 1922) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Trumps: A Collection of Short Stories — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
50 seltsame Geschichten — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
The Reviewer, Volume II, Number 4 (January, 1922) — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Rosemary — Contribuinte — 1 exemplar(es)
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome padrão
- Galsworthy, John
- Outros nomes
- Sinjohn, John (pseudonym)
- Data de nascimento
- 1867-08-14
- Data de falecimento
- 1933-01-31
- Local de enterro
- Cremated
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- UK
- Local de nascimento
- Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, UK
- Local de falecimento
- Hampstead, London, England, UK
- Causa da morte
- brain tumor
- Locais de residência
- Bury, West Sussex, England, UK
- Educação
- New College, Oxford University (BA|1889)
Harrow School
Saugeen - Ocupação
- novelist
dramatist
playwright
barrister - Organizações
- Lincoln's Inn (1890)
International PEN Club - Premiações
- Nobelprijs voor Literatuur (1932)
Membros
Discussions
Group Read: The Forsyte Saga em 2018 Category Challenge (Setembro 2021)
The Forsyte Saga em 18th-19th Century Britain (Dezembro 2017)
Group Read for August 2013: The Forsyte Saga em 1001 Books to read before you die (Agosto 2013)
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- Membros
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- Popularidade
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- ISBNs
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