Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818
Name Entries
person
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, M. G. (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1818
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, 1775-1818
Lewis, M.G., 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, M.G., 1775-1818
Lewis, Matthew (writer)
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew (writer)
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Matthew Gregory Lewis
Lewis, Matthew (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1817
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew (Matthew Gregory), 1775-1817
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, active 1801, author
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, active 1801, author
Matthew G. Lewis.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Matthew G. Lewis.
LEWIS, Matthew
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
LEWIS, Matthew
Lewis, Matthew G. 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew G. 1775-1818
Lewis, Monk, 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Monk, 1775-1818
Lewis
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis
ルイス, マシュー・グレゴリー
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
ルイス, マシュー・グレゴリー
Lewis, Matthew Gregory
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew Gregory
Levis, P.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Levis, P.
Lewis 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis 1775-1818
レウイス
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
レウイス
Lewis, Monk.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Monk.
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, fl. 1801
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew Gregory, fl. 1801
Lewis, Matthew 1775-1818
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew 1775-1818
Lewis, 1775-1818 (Matthew Gregory),
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, 1775-1818 (Matthew Gregory),
Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818 (Matthew Gregory),
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, M. G. 1775-1818 (Matthew Gregory),
Lewis, Matthew G.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Matthew G.
Lewis, M. G.
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, M. G.
Lewis, Mathurin Jerzy
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, Mathurin Jerzy
Lewis, M.G., 1775-1817
Computed Name Heading
Name Components
Name :
Lewis, M.G., 1775-1817
Genders
Exist Dates
Biographical History
English novelist, poet, and dramatist.
English novelist, poet and dramatist.
Author and playwright M.G. Lewis was born in London and educated at Oxford. His wealthy father had extensive holdings in Jamaica, and secured Lewis a post as attaché at the British Embassy in The Hague. Lewis preferred to be a writer, and produced the scandalous Gothic tale, The Monk, which became extremely popular and earned him the nickname Monk. His innovative use of supernatural elements and Continental themes influenced writers such as Byron, Shelley, Walter Scott, and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. He continued to write in a variety of genres, and, although his Gothic works continued to be popular, he never equalled The Monk, and he gave up writing when he inherited his father's estate.
English novelist, dramatist, and poet.
English novelist and poet.
Matthew Gregory "Monk" Lewis, English novelist and playwright.
Epithet: author
Matthew Gregory ("Monk") Lewis (July 9, 1775-May 16, 1818) was a novelist, dramatist, poet, and, from 1796-1802, an indifferent MP. He is best known today for his novel The monk (1796), though he was fairly prolific. Other successes during his lifetime include the play, The castle spectre (1798), and a volume of poetry compiled with Walter Scott and Robert Southey, Tales of wonder (1801). Lewis was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and traveled widely in Europe during his youth; he was well read in German and French literature as well as English. Lewis had literary ambitions, and although the content of his works--often sensationally crowd-pleasing and over-the-top--engendered controversy, his poetry was admired by the likes of Coleridge and Scott. At the commencement of this commonplace book, he was about 26 and probably working on his verse drama, Alfonso, King of Castile. A decade and several publications later, when it was finally filled, he was winding down his theater career by adapting his plays, The wood daemon and The East Indian, for presentation as operas, and working on the production of Timour the Tartar, his final, scandalously horse-filled, drama. His family had strong ties in the West Indies and owned slave-worked plantations in Jamaica. After inheriting his father's estates and their hundreds of slaves in 1812, Lewis ceased writing to manage the plantation concerns. He supported the abolition of the slave trade, though not of slavery itself. He kept his own slaves, but instituted a number of reforms in their treatment, taking legal steps to insure the reforms would survive his demise. Lewis died of yellow fever while returning from a voyage to Jamaica, and was buried at sea.
Biography
Matthew Gregory ("Monk") Lewis (9 July 1775-16 May 1818) was a novelist, dramatist, poet, and from 1796-1802, an indifferent MP. He is best known today for his novel The Monk (1796), though he was fairly prolific. Other successes during his lifetime include the play The Castle Spectre (1798), and a volume of poetry compiled with Walter Scott and Robert Southey, Tales of Wonder (1801). Lewis was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and traveled widely in Europe during his youth; he was well read in German and French literature as well as English. Lewis had literary ambitions, and although the content of his works – often sensationally crowd-pleasing and over-the-top – engendered controversy, his poetry was admired by the likes of Coleridge and Scott. At the commencement of this commonplace book, he was about 26 and probably working on his verse drama, Alfonso, King of Castile . A decade and several publications later, when it was finally filled, he was winding down his theater career by adapting his plays, The Wood Daemon and The East Indian, for presentation as operas, and working on the production of Timour the Tartar, his final, scandalously horse-filled, drama.
His family had strong ties in the West Indies and owned slave-worked plantations in Jamaica. After inheriting his father's estates and their hundreds of slaves in 1812, Lewis ceased writing to manage the plantation concerns. He supported the abolition of the slave trade, though not of slavery itself. He kept his own slaves, but instituted a number of reforms in their treatment, taking legal steps to insure the reforms would survive his demise. Lewis died of yellow fever while returning from a voyage to Jamaica, and was buried at sea.
eng
Latn
External Related CPF
https://viaf.org/viaf/71394067
https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n80009876
https://id.loc.gov/authorities/n80009876
https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q121060
Other Entity IDs (Same As)
Sources
Loading ...
Resource Relations
Loading ...
Internal CPF Relations
Loading ...
Languages Used
fre
Zyyy
eng
Zyyy
Subjects
Authors, English
Dramatists, English
English literature
English poetry
Male authors, English
Novelists, English
Nationalities
Britons
Activities
Occupations
Legal Statuses
Places
Convention Declarations
<conventionDeclaration><citation>VIAF</citation></conventionDeclaration>