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London England: Severn House Publishers Ltd, 1986. Hardback. First Edition. Writers in Romney Marsh. Including Henry James. Joseph Conrad. Ford Madox Ford. H. G. Wells. E. F. Benson. Stephen Crane. Conrad Aiken. Radclyffe Hall. Henry James made Rye and Romney Marsh his home. But James was not the only writer attrcted by Rye and the Marsh: Joseph Conrad, H. G. Wells, Ford Madox Ford, Stephen Crane, Conrad Aiken, E. F. Benson, Radclyffe Hall, Jocelyn Brooke, Noel Coward, Russell Thorndike and E. Nesbit were amongst others who spent periods of their lives in and around the Marsh.The author does not suggest that a literary school as such existed but he does tell of the social and cultural interactions which took place and, in doing so, gives us a vivid picture of a whole period of English literature. This book is about people and places, the effects of both upon each other - it is a fascinating potpourri of literary anecdotes which tells us how this corner of England became a literary centre for a period…
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- Title Writers in Romney Marsh
- Author Finlayson, Iain
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First Edition
- Publisher Severn House Publishers,, London England
- Date 1986
- ISBN 9780727820617
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Writers in Romney Marsh
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