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Lionel Johnson – Poetry and Prose

Lionel Johnson – Poetry and Prose

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BindingHardcover, one volume, sewn
Book size (H × W × T)21 × 13 × 4.5 cm (8.3 × 5.1 × 1.8 in)
Weight1 kg (2.2 lb)
ISBN978-1-919673-00-4

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ISBN: 978-1-919673-00-4

  • THE FIRST ANTHOLOGY OF HIS BEST WORK – The finest of Lionel Johnson's poetry and prose, much of it never before collected.
  • EDITED BY ROBERT ASCH – Selected and edited by Robert Asch, co-editor of the Saint Austin Review.
  • UNPUBLISHED LETTERS – A generous selection of his correspondence, published here for the first time.
  • FULL CRITICAL AND BIOGRAPHICAL INTRODUCTION – Restoring Johnson to his place in English literature and in the Catholic literary revival.
  • ILLUSTRATED – With photographs and portraits of Johnson and his world.
  • MADE FOR READING – Sewn and bound in green cloth with a gilt-lettered spine, illustrated cream dust-jacket and a silk ribbon marker.

This is a compelling introduction to Lionel Johnson, convert to Catholicism and perhaps the finest poet and critic in England at the turn of the 20th century.

Portrait of the poet Lionel Johnson

Lionel Johnson (1867-1902) was a significant figure in late Victorian literature, leaving his mark on both the English Catholic literary revival and the Irish Literary Renaissance. A major influence on poets who would become titans of 20th century literature such as William Butler Yeats, Ezra Pound and T.S. Eliot, he has been admired by critics as disparate as the Christian thinker Paul Elmer More and the Jewish literary figure Harold Bloom. His mysterious life and death, and association with the Decadent movement, have also given rise to numerous legends.

Apart from the masterful craftsmanship of his lyric poetry and the depth of his prose, Johnson's work focuses on timeless themes such as beauty, mortality and spirituality. It is all the more surprising that he has been neglected by students of literary history. For the first time, this landmark anthology, edited by Robert Asch, brings together the best of his poetry and prose (much of it uncollected until now), together with a generous selection of unpublished correspondence. This volume comes with a full critical and biographical introduction to his work that restores Lionel Johnson to his rightful place in the history of English literature.

FORMAT
Edited by Robert Asch
Hardcover, one volume, with silk ribbon marker
Dimensions: 21 × 13 × 4.5 cm (8.3 × 5.1 × 1.8 in)
Weight: 1 kg (2.2 lb)

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