Sydney Dobell
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Born April 5, 1824
Died August 22, 1874 (50 years old)
Also known as: Sydney Dobell's long dramatic poem The Roman(1850) published under the name Sydney Yendys, celebrated the cause of Italian liberation.
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Sydney Thompson Dobell is an English poet, belonging to the Spasmodic school of poetry, and critic. He was educated privately, neither attended schools nor university, With his closest friend Alexander Smith, they together published sonnets of Crimean War.
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Balder
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The second major poem from Sydney Dobell in his spasmodic career. This is the first part of a two part poem/play. The second was never completed but the first was complete by itself. The poem is written in first person and narrates about a hero, the Balder, and his many encounters in his world.
The Roman
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A play set in Italy about the European Revolutions of 1848. Written under the pen name Sydney Yendy, Dobell uses the book to advocate for social change.