Lot 305: Tho(ma)s Hood SIGNATURE on a 1 1/4 Inch high by 3 1/4 Inch wide Piece of paper Stock ANTIQUE 19th Century Signature Renowned English poet, author, and humorist

ANTIQUE 19th Century Signature Renowned English poet, author, and humorist. Signature on 1 1/4 Inch high by 3 1/4 Inch wide Piece Of paper. Boldly Written & Signed In Ink: "THOs HOOD."

THOMAS HOOD (1799-1845), English poet, journalist, and humorist whose humanitarian verses, such as "The Song of the Shirt" (1843), served as models for a whole school of social-protest poets, not only in Britain and the United States but in Germany and Russia, where he was widely translated. He also is notable as a writer of comic verse, having originated several durable forms for that genre. Hood became a "sort of sub-editor" of the "London Magazine" (1821–23) during its heyday, when its circle of brilliant contributors included Charles Lamb, Thomas De Quincey, and William Hazlitt. He later went on to edit "The Gem," "the Comic Annual," and "Hood's Magazine." In 1827 he published, "The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies." Several of the poems in it suggest that Hood might possibly have become a poet of the first rank, and it is known for the touching lyric "I Remember, I Remember." However, the success of his amusing "Odes and Addresses to Great People" (1825), virtually obliged him to concentrate on humorous writing for the rest of his life. His most considerable comic poem, "Miss Kilmansegg and Her Precious Leg," first appeared in the "New Monthly Magazine". There is something sinister about Hood’s sense of humor, a trait that was to reappear in the "black comedy" of the latter 20th century. His pages are thronged with comic mourners and undertakers, and a corpse is always good for a laugh. He was famous for his punning, which appears at times to be almost a reflex action, serving as a defense against painful emotion. Of his later poems, "The Song of the Shirt," "The Lay of the Laborer" (1844), and "The Bridge of Sighs" (1844) are moving protests against social evils of the day—sweated labour, unemployment, and the double sexual standard."

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