English literature Also in 1896 A.E. Housman published at his own expense "A Shropshire Lad". Writers of comic verse included the dramatist, librettist, poet and illustrator W.S. Gilbert (1836–1911), who is best known for his fourteen comic operas, produced in collaboration with the composer Sir Arthur Sullivan, of which the most famous include "H.M.S. Pinafore", and "The Pirates of Penzance". Novelist Thomas Hardy (1840–1928) wrote poetry throughout his career, but he did not publish his first collection until 1898, so that he tends to be treated as a 20th-century poet. Now regarded as a major poet, Gerard Manley Hopkins's (1844–1889) "Poems" were
Viktor Krylov Viktor Krylov Viktor Alexandrovich Krylov (, 2 February 1838 — 13 March 1908) was a Russian playwright (who occasionally used the pen name Viktor Alexandrov), theatre critic, librettist, Imperial Theatres official and one of the major contributors to the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary. Born in Moscow to a lawyer, Krylov studied at the Moscow Engineering College where he became friends with César Cui. He started out as a lyricist and co-authored several romances with Cui, and later, in 1857—1859 wrote the librettos for his operas "Prisoner of the Caucasus", "William Ratcliff" and "The Mandarin's Son". In 1858 Krylov debuted