William Taylor, often called William Taylor of Norwich, was a British essayist, scholar and polyglot. He is most notable as a supporter and translator of German romantic literature.
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Lenore (ballad)
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Lenore, sometimes translated as Leonora, Leonore, or Ellenore, is a poem written by German author Gottfried August Bürger in 1773, and published in 1774 in the Göttinger Musenalmanach. Lenore is gener
William Taylor (man of letters)
…claimed it for his father, John Taylor, of the unrelated Norwich family. William Taylor's name was made by his translation of Gottfried August Bürger's Lenore into English ballad metre. This was written in 1790, and bore the title Lenora; sent it to his friend Benzler from Detmold (then in Wernigerode); a…
Lenore and William riding on horseback, as depicted by Johann David Schubert.
Gottfried August Bürger
The Ballad of Lenore by Horace Vernet, 1839