1 | John Edward Masefield [[UsefulNotes/KnightFever OM]] (1 June 1878 – 12 May 1967) was an English poet and novelist, known for the prominence of seafaring themes in his work. He went to sea as a boy, but gave it up before he was twenty; according to one account because he was ironically a martyr to seasickness. He was Poet Laureate from 1930 until his death. |
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3 | His best-known poem is indubitably "Sea-Fever", which begins: |
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5 | -->I must go down to the seas again, to the lonely sea and the sky,\ |
6 | And all I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by |
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8 | As a novelist, he is probably most widely known for his children's fantasy novels, ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights''. ''The Box of Delights'' was adapted into [[Series/TheBoxOfDelights a six-part TV miniseries]]. |
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10 | !!Works by John Masefield with their own trope page include: |
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12 | * ''Literature/TheBoxOfDelights'' |
13 | * ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' |
14 | * ''Literature/{{Odtaa}}'' |
15 | * ''Literature/SardHarker'' |
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17 | !!John Masefield's other works provide examples of: |
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19 | * AllJustADream: One of his best-known novels ends this way. |
20 | * DirectLineToTheAuthor: Several of his novels imply that their events actually happened. Some (including ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'' and ''Literature/{{Odtaa}}'') include references to the author being personally acquainted with their protagonists. |
21 | * DoubleMeaningTitle: ''Dead Ned'' is about the life and near-death of a man named Ned, but "Dead Ned" is also the name of a geographical feature that plays a key role in the plot. |
22 | * DressingAsTheEnemy: A key part of the plot in ''The Taking of the Gry''. |
23 | * TheManTheyCouldntHang: The protagonist of ''Dead Ned'' and ''Live and Kicking Ned'' is convicted of a murder he didn't commit and hanged, but he narrowly survives the experience and goes into hiding until he can clear his name. |
24 | * LatinLand: Santa Barbara, briefly mentioned in ''Literature/TheMidnightFolk'', and shown in more detail in his adult novels ''Literature/SardHarker'', ''Literature/{{Odtaa}}'', and ''The Taking of the Gry''. |
25 | * {{Pirates}}: The subject of several of his poems. |
26 | * SuicidalLemmings: They appear in his poem "The Lemmings". |
27 | -->Once in a hundred years the Lemmings come\ |
28 | Westward, in search of food, over the snow;\ |
29 | Westward until the salt sea drowns them dumb;\ |
30 | Westward, till all are drowned, those Lemmings go. |
31 | * WalkThePlank: In "A Ballad of John Silver" |
32 | * TheWildHunt: In the poem "The Hounds of Hell" |
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