Arthur Symons

Arthur William Symons ( born February 28, 1865 in Wittersham, Kent, England; † January 22, 1945 ) was an English poet and critic.

Life

Symons was known for his spirit of decadence and the fin de siècle reflective poems ( Days and nights, 1889; London nights, 1895), as an agent of French Symbolism in England (The symbolist movement in literature, 1899) and as an interpreter of English Romance ( The romantic movement in English poetry, 1909).

Publications

  • The Symbolist Movement in Literature, 2nd revised and expanded edition, EP Dutton and Company, London, 1919.

Expenditure

  • Collected works, 9 volumes (1924, reprint 1973)
  • Selected letters 1880-1935, edited by K.Beckson (1989 )

Source

  • Bibliographical Institute & FA Brockhaus AG, Der Brockhaus multimedial premium 2005, 2005
  • Author
  • Literary criticism
  • Literature (19th century)
  • Literature ( 20th century)
  • Literature ( English )
  • Poetry
  • Essay
  • Non-fiction
  • Briton
  • Born 1865
  • Died in 1945
  • Man
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