John Masefield by Muriel Spark
This study of John Masefield includes an account of the author's own meetings with Masefield and his importance in influencing her work. John Masefield had a life as varied as his work, working both in New York and England, where he wrote for "The Guardian" newspaper, and serving with the Red Cross in World War I. His "Collected Poems" appeared in 1923 and in 1930 he succeeded Bridges as Poet Laureate. Masefield was also a novelist and essayist and his work includes "The Everlasting Mercy", "Dauber", "Reynard the Fox", "Sard Harker" and "The Midnight Folk". This book traces the development of Masefield as a storyteller and his gift for observing the life around him. Muriel Spark is the author of "The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie", "The Abbess of Crewe" and "A Far Cry from Kensington". She was awarded the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1956 for "The Mandelbaum Gate".
Muriel Spark was born in Edinburgh in 1918. After some years living in Africa, she returned to England, where she edited Poetry Review from 1947 to 1949 and published her first volume of poems, The Fanfarlo, in 1952. She eventually made her home in Italy. Her many novels include Memento Mori (1959), The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (1961), The Girls of Slender Means (1963), The Abbess of Crewe (1974), A Far Cry from Kensington (1988) and The Finishing School (2004). Her short stories were collected in 1967, 1985 and 2001, and her Collected Poems appeared in 1967. Dame Muriel was made Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres (France) in 1996 and awarded her DBE in 1993. She died in Italy on 13th April 2006, at the age of 88.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780712652476 |
| ISBN 10 | 0712652477 |
| Title | John Masefield |
| Author | Muriel Spark |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Vintage Publishing |
| Year published | 1992-07-09 |
| Number of pages | 176 |
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