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Norman Nicholson: A Literary Life

David Boyd

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Description:Norman Nicholson’s obituary in 1987 in the (London) Times newspaper somewhat-guardedly and faintly praised him for having been the most gifted English Christian provincial poet of his century. Yet he was afforded scant critical recognition, either during or after his lifetime. This new biography, prompted by the centenary of Nicholson’s birth in 1914, connects key events in Nicholson’s life with his diverse literary oeuvre. The book also discusses possible reasons and justifications for the critics’ shunning of Nicholson. David Boyd, like Nicholson, was born and brought up amidst the mines and smokestacks of industrial West Cumbria. Like Nicholson too, he has lived for most of his life in West Cumbria and witnessed at first hand the decline and closure of the area’s key industries. Although not a conventional academic by profession, one of America’s leading literary academics, Professor Marjorie Perloff, has stated about him that: ‘he is clearly wholly at home in 20th C. literature and can readily write biography or literary criticism.’ About the content of this book, Andrew Gibson, Research Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, English Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, has commented: `David Boyd has researched his life of Norman Nicholson seriously, responsibly and at length. It is sedulously detailed and very informative. I have repeatedly resorted to it for precise facts in my own work on Nicholson. In the present state of Nicholson studies, no-one can simply ignore Boyd and his biography'.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Norman Nicholson: A Literary Life. To get started finding Norman Nicholson: A Literary Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Norman Nicholson’s obituary in 1987 in the (London) Times newspaper somewhat-guardedly and faintly praised him for having been the most gifted English Christian provincial poet of his century. Yet he was afforded scant critical recognition, either during or after his lifetime. This new biography, prompted by the centenary of Nicholson’s birth in 1914, connects key events in Nicholson’s life with his diverse literary oeuvre. The book also discusses possible reasons and justifications for the critics’ shunning of Nicholson. David Boyd, like Nicholson, was born and brought up amidst the mines and smokestacks of industrial West Cumbria. Like Nicholson too, he has lived for most of his life in West Cumbria and witnessed at first hand the decline and closure of the area’s key industries. Although not a conventional academic by profession, one of America’s leading literary academics, Professor Marjorie Perloff, has stated about him that: ‘he is clearly wholly at home in 20th C. literature and can readily write biography or literary criticism.’ About the content of this book, Andrew Gibson, Research Professor of Modern Literature and Theory, English Department, Royal Holloway, University of London, has commented: `David Boyd has researched his life of Norman Nicholson seriously, responsibly and at length. It is sedulously detailed and very informative. I have repeatedly resorted to it for precise facts in my own work on Nicholson. In the present state of Nicholson studies, no-one can simply ignore Boyd and his biography'.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Norman Nicholson: A Literary Life. To get started finding Norman Nicholson: A Literary Life, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Norman Nicholson: A Literary Life

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