Review
'...impeccably researched and written, it is difficult to see how this biography could be bettered, much less replaced.' London Evening Standard 'This is a very fine, almost exemplary biography... a work of love and scholarship.' The Tablet
The Irish Times
' ... Plainly a biography was overdue, and, equally plainly, [Whistler] was the one to write it.'
Peter Ackroyd, The Times
' ... Theresa Whistler has stretched out her hands and caught [de la Mare's] frail spirit.'
Product Description
An account of the life of Walter de la Mare (1873-1956), poet, novelist, children's author and short story writer, penned by a close aquaintance. While he was well-known in his lifetime, with a wide circle of literary friends, including Edward Thomas, Rupert Brooke, Katherine Mansfield and Thomas Hardy, he has largely been ignored by recent critics. Few know of his personal life, of his loving but difficult marriage, and his passionate, but platonic affair with Naomi Ryde-Smith, a relationship which plays an influence on his poetry.
About the Author
Theresa Whistler, a granddaughter of Sir Henry Newbolt, knew de la Mare well. Her previous books include an edition of the collected poems of Mary Coleridge.
