George Gregory Smith
Prof George Gregory Smith (20 June 1865 – 3 March 1932) was a Scottish literary critic.[1]
In his Scottish Literature: Character and Influence (1919) Smith coined the term 'Caledonian antisyzygy' to describe what he perceived as a union of opposites, or an oscilation between realism and the supernatural, in the work of Scottish authors.[2] He corresponded with Mark Twain, and also lived in Florence[3] for a while.
He died in London but is buried with his wife Mary east of the western path in Dean Cemetery in Edinburgh.
Family
He was married to Mary Cadell (1866–1909) daughter of Col Robert Cadell. A son was the colonial administrator Henry Graham Gregory-Smith.
Selected works
- The Days of James IV (1890)
- The Transition Period (1900)
- Specimens of Middle Scots (1902)
- Elizabethan Critical Essays, vol. I & vol. II (1904, editor)
- Scottish Literature: Character & Influence (1919).
References
- ↑ "SMITH, George Gregory". Who's Who. Vol. 59. 1907. p. 1628.
- ↑ Snodgrass, Charles, "The Scottish Novel in the Wake of Walter Scott, 1815-1830", in Craig, Cairns (ed.), The International Companion to the Scottish Novel, Association for Scottish Literature, Glasgow, p. 82, ISBN 9781908980434
- ↑ Twain, Mark (1905). Mark Twain's Letters. Vol. 5.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Cousin, John William (1910). A Short Biographical Dictionary of English Literature. London: J. M. Dent & Sons – via Wikisource.- Author and Bookinfo.com
External links
- Works by or about George Gregory Smith at Wikisource