Roy Campbell: A Critical Biography
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This authoritative literary biography chronicles the turbulent life and controversial career of Roy Campbell (1901–1957), one of the twentieth century's most gifted yet polarising English-language poets. Peter Alexander presents a richly detailed portrait of Campbell's journey from his South African upbringing through his years in Europe, where he moved among the great literary figures of his age and forged his reputation as a poet of fierce energy and satirical brilliance. The biography uncovers the contradictions at the heart of the man — his swashbuckling romanticism, his combative politics, and his conversion to Catholicism — set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and two World Wars. Alexander argues that Campbell's work has been unjustly marginalised due to his right-wing sympathies, making a compelling case for reassessment of poems such as Flowering Rifle and The Flaming Terrapin. Scholarly yet supremely readable, this critical biography restores Campbell to his rightful place in the canon of modern poetry.
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This authoritative literary biography chronicles the turbulent life and controversial career of Roy Campbell (1901–1957), one of the twentieth century's most gifted yet polarising English-language poets. Peter Alexander presents a richly detailed portrait of Campbell's journey from his South African upbringing through his years in Europe, where he moved among the great literary figures of his age and forged his reputation as a poet of fierce energy and satirical brilliance. The biography uncovers the contradictions at the heart of the man — his swashbuckling romanticism, his combative politics, and his conversion to Catholicism — set against the backdrop of the Spanish Civil War and two World Wars. Alexander argues that Campbell's work has been unjustly marginalised due to his right-wing sympathies, making a compelling case for reassessment of poems such as Flowering Rifle and The Flaming Terrapin. Scholarly yet supremely readable, this critical biography restores Campbell to his rightful place in the canon of modern poetry.
