A Master of Our Time : A Study of Wyndham Lewis, Geoffrey Grigson, 1951 Pamphlet
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A Master of Our Time : A Study of Wyndham Lewis Geoffrey Grigson 1951 Percy Wyndham Lewis (18 November 1882 – 7 March 1957) was a Canadian-born British writer, painter and critic. He was a co-founder of the Vorticist movement in art and edited Blast, the literary magazine of the Vorticists. ... In recent years there has been renewed critical and biographical interest in Lewis and his work, and he is now regarded as a major British artist and writer of the twentieth century. __________ Geoffrey Edward Harvey Grigson (2 March 1905 – 25 November 1985) was a British poet, writer, editor, critic, exhibition curator, anthologist and naturalist. In the 1930s, he was editor of the influential magazine New Verse, and went on to produce 13 collections of his own poetry, as well as compiling numerous anthologies, among many published works on subjects including art, travel and the countryside. Grigson was in 1946 a co-founder of the Institute of Contemporary Arts. His autobiography The Crest on the Silver was published in 1950. At various times, Grigson was involved in teaching, journalism and broadcasting. Fiercely combative, he made many literary enemies. --Wikipedia Scarce Listing includes a short contemporaneous magazine clipping by the author about his long-time association with Lewis. See photos for a better idea of item's actual condition. The Fine Print: - Descriptions of items' conditions include obvious defects. Additional minor defects may be present. - All measurements provi
- Publisher: Methuen & Co. Ltd.
- Year: 1951
- Condition: Very Good
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