Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 19. Gale Research, 1983.
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Henry Newbolt
Standard Name: Newbolt, Henry
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthologization | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | Elkin Mathews
, publisher of MEC
's Fancy's Guerdon, reprinted its contents alongside works by Newbolt
and Binyon
in his Garland of New Poetry by various authors, 1899 (whose title is sometimes given in varying forms). Solo: Search Oxford University Libraries Online. 18 July 2011, http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/search.do?vid=OXVU1&fromLogin=true&reset_config=true. |
| Cultural formation | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | Her family had strong ties to the Church of England
and she remained a devoted Christian throughout her life, though she did not share her father's fondness for sermons. Stanford, Donald E., editor. Dictionary of Literary Biography 19. Gale Research, 1983. 77-8 |
| Friends, Associates | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | MEC
's dearest friends were dubbed the Quintette. This included Margaret Duckworth
, who later married writer Henry Newbolt
. After his marriage Newbolt forged a friendship with MEC
. |
| Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Daryush | Through her mother's cousin Roger Fry
, ED
as a girl met many distinguished people as the friends and guests of her parents: W. B. Yeats
, Ezra Pound
, Henry Newbolt
, Mary Coleridge |
| Leisure and Society | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | Henry Newbolt
, despite his gender, became one of those who attended these Thursday meetings. |
| Literary responses | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | In his preface, Newbolt
admits that MEC
often entered very deep shadows filled with strange shapes, that may move a timid soul or two to ask if it be safe to follow her, but adds... |
| Reception | Lady Cynthia Asquith | The Times Literary Supplement remarked that the book was directed at parental readers-aloud as much as at children, and that LCA
's own contribution incorporated a buried moral.The Times Literary Supplement Centenary Archive online (in... |
| Textual Features | Lady Cynthia Asquith | Her authors are mostly well-known: Hardy
, Barrie
, Sir Henry Newbolt
, Hilaire Belloc
, Hugh Lofting
, and Walter de la Mare
, apart from two stories by herself. Beauman, Nicola. Cynthia Asquith. Hamish Hamilton, 1987. 286 Colles, Hester Janet. “A Gallery of Children”. Times Literary Supplement, No. 1245, 26 Nov. 1925, p. 804. 804 |
| Textual Production | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | Shortly after her death, MEC
's Poems appeared under her name, edited with a preface by Henry Newbolt
; now for the first time her name was attached to her published verse. Coleridge, Mary Elizabeth. “Preface”. Poems, edited by Henry Newbolt, Elkin Mathews, 1908, p. v - xii. vi, xii |
| Textual Production | Mary Elizabeth Coleridge | After hearing her read from this work while it was still in progress, Henry Newbolt
sent a draft to Robert Louis Stevenson
. Stevenson responded enthusiastically but was not sure how the author could get... |
Timeline
November-December 1906: Mediation in the Book WarRSC: link to other...
Writing climate item
November-December 1906
Mediation in the Book War (of the Times Book Club
against the Net Book Agreement) was attempted unsuccessfully by an unofficial committee composed of several eminent authors.
Kingsford, Reginald John Lethbridge. The Publisher’s Association, 1896-1946. Cambridge University Press, 1970.
31-2
Texts
Coleridge, Mary Elizabeth. Poems. Editor Newbolt, Henry, Elkin Mathews, 1908.
Coleridge, Mary Elizabeth. “Preface”. Poems, edited by Henry Newbolt, Elkin Mathews, 1908, p. v - xii.