Who is Andrew Lang

Andrew Lang (31 March 1844 – 20 July 1912) was a Scottish poet, novelist, literary critic, and contributor to the field of anthropology. He is best known as a collector of folk and fairy tales. The Andrew Lang lectures at the University of St Andrews are named after him.

Biography

Lang was born in 1844 in Selkirk, Scottish Borders. He was the eldest of the eight children born to John Lang, the town clerk of Selkirk, and his wife Jane Plenderleath Sellar, who was the daughter of Patrick Sellar, factor to the first Duke of Sutherland. On 17 April 1875, he married Leonora Blanche Alleyne, youngest daughter of C. T. Alleyne of Clifton and Barbados. She was (or should have been) variously credited as author, collaborator, or translator of Lang's Color/Rainbow Fairy B...
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Andrew Lang Poems

• Ballad Of The Primitive Jest
  I am an ancient Jest!
  Paleolithic man
  In his arboreal nest
  The sparks of fun would fan; ...
• Ballade Of The Muse
  The man whom once, Melpomene,
  Thou look'st on with benignant sight,
  Shall never at the Isthmus be
  A boxer eminent in fight, ...
• Valentine In Form Of Ballade
  The soft wind from the south land sped,
  He set his strength to blow,
  From forests where Adonis bled,
  And lily flowers a-row: ...
• Ballade Of Dead Ladies
  Nay, tell me now in what strange air
  The Roman Flora dwells to-day.
  Where Archippiada hides, and where
  Beautiful Thais has passed away? ...
• Homer
  Homer, thy song men liken to the sea
  With all the notes of music in its tone,
  With tides that wash the dim dominion
  Of Hades, and light waves that laugh in glee ...

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Andrew Lang Quotes

• You can cover a great deal of country in books.
• He uses statistics as a drunken man uses lampposts -- for support rather than for illumination.

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Comments about Andrew Lang

• Nojesuittricks: 19. "some cause happiness wherever they go; others, whenever they go.” ~oscar wilde 20. "he uses statistics as a drunken man uses lamp-posts... for support rather than illumination.” ~andrew lang (1844-1912)
• Beach75052318: andrew lang's fairy books are some of the most beautiful and unique books you'll ever own. they were published between 1889 and 1913 in 12 different books, each with a different color cover and lots of illustrations throughout
• Radiovault: 20:00 andrew lang's cover show is up next! listen here:
• Dpaxton31: andrew lang, fairy books collection ii 7wcp44o
• Pizle23: name the most random nba player you can think of from any era… andrew lang

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