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Edith Matilda Thomas (August 12, 1854 – September 13, 1925) was an American poet who "was one of the first poets to capture successfully the excitement of the modern city."〔Edward T. James and Janet Wilson James, "(Thomas, Edith Matilda )," ''Notable American Women'' (Harvard University Press, 1974), 444-445. Google Books, Web, Apr. 15, 2011.〕 ==Life== Born in Chatham Center, Ohio, Edith Thomas was educated at the normal school of Geneva, Ohio, and attended Oberlin College (though she had to drop out).〔"(Edith M. Thomas )," Poetry Foundation, Web, Mar. 29, 2011.〕 She taught school for two years, and then became a typesetter.〔 She began writing early for the local newspapers, then was encouraged by author Helen Hunt Jackson to send verse to more important periodicals. She "gained national attention with her poetry.... ''Scribner's'', ''The Atlantic Monthly'', ''The Century'' and other prominent magazines published her poems."〔"(Edith Thomas )," Ohio History Central, Web, Mar. 29, 2011.〕 Jackson's "enthusiasitic endorsement produced almost immediate literary celebrity."〔 In 1884, Canadian poet Charles G.D. Roberts wrote of her that "as far as I am aware her poems are not yet gathered in book form, and are therefore only to be obtained, few in number, by gleaning from the magazines and periodicals. Yet so red-blooded are these verses, of thought and of imagination all compact, so richly individual and so liberal in promise, that the name of their author is already become conspicuous.... We are justified in expecting much from her genius."〔Charles G.D. Roberts, "(Notes on Some of the Younger American Poets )," ''The Week'' 1:21, 24 April 1884, 328-29. Canadian Poetry, UWO, Web, Mar. 29, 2011.〕 Her first volume appeared in 1885 entitled ''A New Year's Masque and Other Poems''. In 1887 she moved to New York City, where she worked for ''Harper's'' and ''Century Dictionary''.〔 She lived in New York for the rest of her life.〔Louis Untermeyer, ''(Modern American Poetry )'' (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1930), 112.〕 She published over 300 poems between 1890 and 1909, although "the demands of the leading literary magazines constantly exceeded her supply."〔 On her death she was called "one of the most distinguished American poets” by the ''New York Times''.〔 Her ''Selected Poems'' came out in 1926, a year after her death.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Edith M. Thomas」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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