Few of the many romantic figures of the nineties have weathered the changing schools of literary taste as well as Ernest Dowson, in whose verse there is found a timeless, ingratiating charm and enduring interest. This biography is only incidentally a critical appraisal of Dowson's achievements but attempts to give a more completely rounded picture of the man than we have had before it. The book is based on a great deal of new material, which clears up many misinterpretations of Dowson's personality. This consists of ...
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Few of the many romantic figures of the nineties have weathered the changing schools of literary taste as well as Ernest Dowson, in whose verse there is found a timeless, ingratiating charm and enduring interest. This biography is only incidentally a critical appraisal of Dowson's achievements but attempts to give a more completely rounded picture of the man than we have had before it. The book is based on a great deal of new material, which clears up many misinterpretations of Dowson's personality. This consists of unpublished letters from various sources, including twelve from Oscar Wilde that have not been printed before and detailed information gleaned by the author in interviews and in correspondence with persons who knew the poet intimately. To modern readers versed in psychological explanations of behavior, Dowson's story unwinds in a foredoomed pattern: the talented child of neurotic parents, the maladjusted boy at Oxford, the discontented young man in London, his curious infatuation for the child Adelaide, the brief association with prominent literary leaders in the Rhymers' Club and on the short-lived Savoy, and then his mother's suicide, his homelessness, poverty, aimless wandering abroad, the escape in drinking, finally death. Yet with it all, the insatiable urge to weave out his dreams in facile words which now form a unique and permanent contribution to English poetry. From this book Dowson emerges as a tragically interesting figure. The biography gives as much of his story as probably will ever be known, and as such takes an important place among the lives of English poets.
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Very Good in Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" Tall. University of Pennsylvania Press, 1945, 2nd Edition, 8vo, 290 pages, illustrations. Chipping to jacket, else book very good and jacket good.
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Very Good in Good Only jacket. Book Biography of Ernest Dowson (b. 1867; d. 1900), the English poet who was associated with the Decadent movement. Illustrated. Dust jacket is faded and has edge chips; book has minor wear.
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Very Good. First edition. Very good. Covers very slightly soiled, clean text. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good. Second edition. Very good. Yellowing. Spine fading. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.
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Very Good in Very Good-dust jacket. Very good hardcover in very good dust jacket, which is sun faded on spine. "The Third Edition of this famous biography of the tragic young English poet, best known for his lyric "Cynara, " including twenty-two new letters which shed additional information on his life." Inside is in excellent condition, no noticable markings or underlining. Dust jacket is price clipped and wrapped.; 6 1/4" x 9 1/4"; 308 pages.
