Robert Surteesロバート・サーティーズ / 1779-1834

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詩人 S〜U 1740年〜1799年

1779年2月、イングランド北東部ダラム (Durham) 生まれの詩人、歴史家、好古家。地元の歴史や古物の研究に全霊を注ぎ、その研究成果が The History of Durham (1816-40) の出版であった。死後1834年、彼の地誌学研究を引き継ぐために Surtees Society が創設され現代に至っている。また、バラッドを書く才にも恵まれ、”The Raid of Featherstonehaugh”、”Barthram’s Dirge”の2編は、スコット (Sir Walter Scott) の Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (3 vols, 1802-3) に掲載されている。 (Y. Y.)

A poet, historian and antiquary born in Durham, February 1779. He devoted himself to the study of local history and other antiquarian matters, and his intellectual passion culminated in the publication of The History of Durham (1816-40). After his death, the Surtees Society was founded in 1834 to carry out his mission as a topographer of his local region. He also had a gift for ballad writing, and some of his ballads such as “The Raid of Featherstonehaugh” and “Barthram’s Dirge”, were published in Scott’s Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border (3 vols, 1802-3).    (Y. Y.)

原詩（PDF）

  • 1. Barthram’s Dirge
  • 2. The Raid of Featherstonehaugh
  • 3. Lord Ewrie

原詩出典

＊　G. B. Smith, ed. Illustrated British Ballads, Old and New. Vol. 1. London, 1881.
＊　From Vol. VII. Legendary Division. M. A. Richardson, ed. The Borderer’s Table Book; or, Gatherings of the Local History and Romance of the English and Scottish Border. 8 vols. Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1846.
＊　The Poetical Works of Sir Walter Scott; First Series, Containing Minstrelsy of the Scottish Border, Sir Tristrem, and Dramatic Pieces. Paris, 1838.