Ernest Dowson: Lyric Lives

by Stark

Ernest Dowson: Lyric Lives is the first full-length critical study of this canonical writer to appear in English. It challenges the many myths that have surrounded Dowson's life and work for more than a century, contending that, in his distinct theory of muse-fired inspiration; his authentic Catholic confessionalism; his deep love of France, its literary tradition, and its culture; his prolonged battle with tuberculosis; and his final abandonment...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019288476X
• ISBN13: 9780192884763
• Release Date: March 2024
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.4" x 9.0"