ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES

lăsˈəlz, 1881–1938, English poet and critic. Complex and cerebral in style, his poetry often expresses his distaste for 20th-century industrialism. His volumes of poetry include Interludes and Poems (1908), Emblems of Love (1912), and Collected Poems (1930). He also wrote influential critical works, notably Thomas Hardy (1912) and The Theory of Poetry (1924).

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The Poems of Lascelles Abercrombie
Book by Lascelles Abercrombie; Oxford University Press, 1930
Subjects: Poetry
The Poems of LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE Lascelles Abercrombie The Poems of LASCELLES ABERCROMBIE LONDON OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS HUMPHREY MILFORD 1930 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AMEN HOUSE, E.C. 4 LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW LEIPZIG NEW YORK...
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Poetry: Its Music and Meaning
Book by Lascelles Abercrombie; Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1932
Subjects: Poetry
Poetry: its MUSIC and MEANING Poetry: ITS MUSIC AND MEANING By Lascelles Abercrombie London OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS HUMPHREY MILFORD 1932 OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS AMEN HOUSE,E.C. 4 LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW...
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The Art of Wordsworth
Book by Lascelles Abercrombie; Oxford University Press, 1952
Subjects: Drama, Wordsworth, William--1770-1850
...ART OF WORDSWORTH THE ART OF WORDSWORTH Lascelles Abercrombie GEOFFREY CUMBERLEGE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS...would have been delayed even longer. RALPH ABERCROMBIE CONTENTS PREFATORY NOTE...
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The Theory of Poetry
Book by Lascelles Abercrombie; Biblio and Tannen Publishers, 1968
Subjects: Poetics, Poetry
THE THEORY OF POETRY By Lascelles Abercrombie Biblo and Tannen New York 1968 Originally published 1926 Reprinted 1968 by Biblo Tannen Booksellers Publishers, Inc...
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Principles of English Prosody
Book by Lascelles Abercrombie; Martin Secker, 1923
Subjects: English Language--Versification
...Four Short Plays Thomas Hardy : A Critical Study Phoenix Principles of English Prosody By Lascelles Abercrombie Part I The Elements London : Martin Secker Number Five John Street Adelphi mcmxxiii LONDON :MARTIN SECKER...
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Thomas Hardy
Journal article by Rosemarie Morgan; Victorian Poetry, Vol. 41, 2003
Subjects: English literature, English literature--Analysis, Hardy, Thomas
...distinct predominance of generic titles in the first one hundred years of Hardy criticism (1870-1970). Typical was Lascelles Abercrombie, Thomas Hardy: A Critical Study. (London: Martin Secker, 1924); equally, there was Henry Charles Duffin, Thomas...
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Apocalypse: The Unraveling of Poetic Autonomy
Journal article by Ranen Omer; Texas Studies in Literature and Language, Vol. 39, 1997
Subjects: Literature--History And Criticism, Philology
...his study of both poets in Great Victorians , Lascelles Abercrombie thinks that neither got very far away from the...sectarian theology, futile, small, profitless." Abercrombie even concludes that the Brownings "intellectual...


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magazine articles on: Abercrombie Lascelles  - 6 results

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The Georgian Poets in Dymock
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 278, March 2001
Subjects: Abercrombie, Lascelles--Conduct of life, Authors, English--History, Dymock, England--History, Gibson, Wilfrid Wilson--Conduct of life, Poets--Conduct of life
...in the Leadon Valley, was Lascelles Abercrombie, thirty years old, married...hanged on the spot. Here, Lascelles Abercrombie established the apex of...embarrassed man of letters. Both Lascelles Abercrombie and Robert Frost were among...
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The English Years of Robert Frost
Magazine article by Linda Hart; Contemporary Review, Vol. 290, Summer 2008
Subjects: Frost, Robert--Biography, Poets--Biography
...such as Wilfrid Gibson. Lascelles Abercrombie, and Rupert Brooke, and...Poetry burns up out of it; Lascelles Abercrombie in The Nation called the...near Wilfrid Gibson and Lascelles Abercrombie, two popular Georgian poets...
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Robert Frost: A Life
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 274, February 1999
Subjects: Books--Reviews
...Vicar of Dymock, distinguished as The Muse Colony. This was a nest of native singing birds, the Dymock Poets - Lascelles Abercrombie, Wilfrid Gibson, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, and one visiting American migrant songbird, Robert...
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The Edwardian Literary Afternoon Part Two: Now Came Still Evening On
Magazine article by Richard Whittington-Egan; Contemporary Review, Vol. 276, May 2000
Subjects: Authors, English--Conduct of life, England--Literature, English literature, 1837-1901 (Victorian age)--Social aspects, Literary movements--England
...and dozens of other Edwardian stalwarts of the pen clamour for their small mead of acknowledgement or praise -- Lascelles Abercrombie, Florence Barclay, J.M. Barrie, Hilaire Belloc, A.C. Benson, Hall Caine, G.K. Chesterton, George Gissing, Maurice...
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Ivor Gurney: From Triumph to Tragedy
Magazine article by Linda Hart; Contemporary Review, Vol. 291, Spring 2009
Subjects: Gurney, Ivor Bertie, Poets--Biography
...Anthology, Green Branch Press, 2000. The introduction, maps and head-notes provide a great deal of background information about the Dymock Poets (Robert Frost, Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, John Drinkwater, Wilfrid Gibson and Lascelles Abercrombie).
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newspaper articles on: Abercrombie Lascelles  - 2 results

 
 
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Postal Staff Who Lost Their Lives Remembered Once Again
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), March 7, 2006
...retail development. Created by acclaimed sculptor Herbert Tyson Smith and featuring a dedication by Liverpool poet Lascelles Abercrombie, the monument is regarded as one of the finest war memorials in the country. Following the closure of the post...
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War Memorial T O Be Delivered Home; Statue Will Be on View in Shopping Mall
Newspaper article; Daily Post (Liverpool, England), October 1, 2005
Subjects: Taylor, R. W.
...forgotten. So they hired acclaimed sculptor Herbert Tyson Smith to create a fitting monument. Liverpool poet Lascelles Abercrombie, who became a professor of English at Leeds University also wrote a dedication to the fallen postmen. It is regarded...


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encyclopedia articles on: Abercrombie Lascelles  - 1 result

 
 
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Abercrombie, Lascelles
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
ABERCROMBIE, LASCELLES las lz, 1881 1938, English poet and critic. Complex and cerebral in style, his poetry often expresses his distaste for 20th-century...


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