Stagg John
Title
Stagg John
Creator
The Blind Bard'
Coverage
Cumberland
Birth Date
1770
First Name
John
Last Name
Stagg
Biographical Text
Blind, lost sight in youth; poet of peasant life
Death Date
1823
Publications
Miscellaneous Poems (1790), Miscellaneous Poems, some of which are in the Cumberland and Scottish dialects (1804, 1805, 1807, 1808), The Minstrel of the North; or, Cumbrian legends (Manchester, 1816), The Cumberland Minstrel (Manchester, 1821), Legendary, gothic and romantic tales, in verse, and other original poems, and translations. By a northern minstrel (Shrewsbury, 1825)
OED DNB
Yes
- Date Added
- September 21, 2012
- Collection
- Labour Class Poets
- Item Type
- Person
- Tags
- Male
- Citation
- The Blind Bard', “Stagg John,” Amanda's Test Omeka site, accessed May 18, 2024, https://amandafrench.omeka.net/items/show/330.