Arthur Symons A Life |
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| Author:
| Beckson, Karl |
| ISBN: | 978-0-19-812882-3 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1987 |
| Publisher: | Oxford University Press, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $102.00 |
Book Description:
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This stunning biography mines previously unpublished material to reveal new dimensions of the life and art of poet and critic Arthur Symons (1865-1945). It examines the impact of his major work, The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899), and explores his personal relationships with such figures as Walter Pater, Paul Verlaine, W.B. Yeats, Joseph Conrad, and James Joyce.
This stunning biography mines previously unpublished material to reveal new dimensions of the life and art of poet and critic Arthur Symons (1865-1945). It examines the impact of his major work, The Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899), and explores his personal relationships with such figures as Walter Pater, Paul Verlaine, W.B. Yeats, Joseph Conrad, and James Joyce.