George Washington Moon (1823 – 1909) was an English writer, poet and critic of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.
George Washington Moon, F. R. S. L. | |
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| Born | 1823 |
| Died | 1909 Brighton, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Notable works | Elijah the Prophet |
Moon published several poems, contributed to the Dictionary of National Biography, and wrote a number of books on English grammar. Several of these books were lengthy compilations of the purported grammatical errors of specific writers,[1] which led to vigorous counterattacks and controversies.[2]
George Washington Moon is the author of a book-length epic poem, Elijah the Prophet (1866). It was written in Spenserian stanza, a nine-line strophe with rhyme scheme ABABBCBCC.[3][4]
Other works edit
- The Monograph Gospel, being the Four Gospels Arranged in One Continuous Narrative in the Words of Scripture, Without Omission of Fact or Repetition of Statement
- The King's English
- The Soul's Inquiries; Answered in the Words of Scripture
- The Soul's Desires Breathed to God in the Words of Scripture
- The Soul's Comfort in Sorrow
- Elijah the Prophet, an Epic Poem
- The Revisers' English ... a Series of Criticisms, Showing the Revisers' Violations of the Laws of Language (1882)
- Ecclesiastical English: A Series Of Criticisms Showing The Old Testament Revisers' Violations Of The Laws Of The Language: Illustrated By More Than 1000 Quotations: Being Part II Of The Revisers' English (1886)
- He, With All My Worldly Goods, I Thee Endow She, But, What Is Written In The Law, How Readest You? A Novel (1890)
- The Dean's English: A Criticism on the Dean of Canterbury's Essays on the Queen's English
- Learned Men's English: The Grammarians: A Series Of Criticisms On The English Of Dean Alford, Lindley Murray, And Other Writers On The Language
- The Oldest Type-printed Book In Existence: A Disquisition On The Relative Antiquity Of The Pfister And Mazarin Bibles And The 64-line A Catholicon: Prefaced By A Brief History Of The Invention Of Printing
- Men and Women of the Time: A Dictionary of Contemporaries
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References edit
- ^ George Washington Moon (1823-1909).
- ^ David M. Rusinoff. "Goodnight Moon: A Tribute to George Washington Moon". Retrieved 7 March 2010.
- ^ Spenserian stanza, poetic form at Encyclopaedia Britannica.
- ^ Spenserian stanza at Poetry Foundation.
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