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written with a quill pen he made himself; Lady Beatrice was usually the first to see the writings and would help to type them. It has been said that Lord Dunsany sometimes conceived stories while hunting and would return to the Castle and draw in his family and servants to re-enact his visions before he set them on paper.
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Dunsany's literary rights passed to a will trust first managed by Beatrice, Lady Dunsany, and are currently handled by Curtis Brown of London and partner firms worldwide. (Some past US deals, for example, have been listed by Locus Magazine as by SCG.) A few Dunsany works are protected for longer than
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The Gibbelins eat, as is well known, nothing less good than man. Their evil tower is joined to Terra Cognita, to the lands we know, by a bridge. Their hoard is beyond reason; avarice has no use for it; they have a separate cellar for emeralds and a separate cellar for sapphires; they have filled a
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Some saw Dunsany's writing habits as peculiar. Lady Beatrice said, "He always sat on a crumpled old hat while composing his tales". (The hat was eventually stolen by a visitor to Dunsany Castle.) Dunsany almost never rewrote anything; everything he published was a first draft. Much of his work was
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After a successful US lecture tour in 1919–1920, Dunsany's reputation was now related principally to his plays. He temporarily reduced his output of short stories, concentrating on plays, novels and poetry for a time. His poetry, now little seen, was for a time so popular that it is recited by the
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wrote to Dunsany in 1912 asking for help in getting his poetry published. After a delay due to a hunting trip in Africa, Dunsany invited him to his home and they met and corresponded regularly thereafter. Dunsany was so impressed that he helped with publication and with introductions to literary
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Dunsany was a prolific writer of short stories, novels, plays, poetry, essays and autobiography. He published over 90 books in his lifetime, not including individual plays. Books have continued to appear, with more than 120 having been issued by 2017. Dunsany's works have been published in many
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society. Dunsany, trying to discourage Ledwidge from joining the army when the First World War broke out, offered him financial support. Ledwidge, however, joined up and found himself for a time in the same unit as Dunsany, who helped with the publication of his first collection,
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writer and dramatist. He published more than 90 books during his lifetime, and his output consisted of hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, and essays. He gained a name in the 1910s as a great writer in the English-speaking world. Best known today are the 1924 fantasy novel
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In the late 1990s, a curator, J. W. (Joe) Doyle, was appointed by the estate to work at Dunsany Castle, in part to locate and organise the author's manuscripts, typescripts and other materials. Doyle found several works known to exist but thought to be "lost": the plays
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house, Dunstall Priory. He visited Ireland only occasionally thereafter, and engaged actively in life in Shoreham and London. He also began a new series of visits to the United States, notably California, as recounted in Hazel Littlefield-Smith's biographical
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worked on the Dunsany Ɠuvre for over twenty years, gathering stories, essays and reference material, for a joint initial bibliography and separate scholarly studies of Dunsany's work. An updated edition of their bibliography appeared in 2013. Joshi edited
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has described these shifts as Dunsany moving on after he felt he had exhausted the potential of a style or medium. From the naïve fantasy of his earliest writings, through his early short-story work in 1904–1908, he turned to the self-conscious fantasy of
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and was an honorary member of the Institut Historique et Heraldique de France. He was initially an Associate Member of the Irish Academy of Letters, founded by Yeats and others, and later a full member. At one of their meetings, after 1922, he asked
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Dunsany began his literary career in the late 1890s writing under his given name, with published verses such as "Rhymes from a Suburb" and "The Spirit of the Bog". In 1905, writing as Lord Dunsany, he produced the well-received collection
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in 2017. Doyle was still working as curator in 2020. Some uncollected works, previously published in magazines, and some unpublished works, have been selected in consultation with them, and published in chapbooks by a US small press.
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Dunsany's primary home, over 820 years old, can be visited at certain times. Tours usually include the Library, but not the tower room where he often liked to work. His other home, Dunstall Priory, was sold to an admirer,
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The Library of Dunsany Castle had a wide-ranging collection dating back centuries and comprising many classic works, from early encyclopaedias through parliamentary records, Greek and Latin works to Victorian illustrated
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Dunsany's manuscripts are collected in the family archive, including some specially bound volumes of some of his works. Scholarly access is possible through the curator. Seven boxes of Dunsany's papers are held at the
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Dunsany's work was translated from early on into languages that include Spanish, French, Japanese, German, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Czech and Turkish – his uncle, Horace Plunkett, suggested 14 languages by the 1920s.
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The stories in his first two books, and perhaps the beginning of his third, were set in an invented world, Pegāna, with its own gods, history and geography. Starting with this, Dunsany's name is linked to that of
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Beatrice survived Dunsany, living mainly at Shoreham and overseeing his literary legacy until her death in 1970. Their son Randal succeeded to the barony and was in turn succeeded by his grandson, the artist
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In 1910 Dunsany commissioned a two-storey extension to Dunsany Castle, with a billiard room, bedrooms and other facilities. The billiard room includes the crests of all the Lords Dunsany up to the 18th.
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Dunsany is known to have read short stories and poetry on air and for private recording by Hazel Littlefield-Smith and friends in California. It is thought that one or two of these recordings survive.
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Dunsany's most notable fantasy short stories appeared in collections from 1905 to 1919, before fantasy had been recognised as a distinct genre. He paid for the publication of the first collection,
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Despite his frequent shifts of style and medium, Dunsany's thematic concerns remained essentially the same. Many of his later novels had an explicitly Irish theme, from the semi-autobiographical
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Plunkett's only adult sibling, a younger brother, from whom he was estranged from about 1916, for reasons not fully clear but connected to his mother's will, was the noted British naval officer
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Dunsany made his first literary tour to the United States in 1919 and further such visits up to the 1950s, in the early years mostly to the eastern seaboard and later, notably, to California.
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Spain that never was" and follows the adventures of a young nobleman, Don Rodriguez, and his servant in their search for a castle for Rodriguez. In 1924, Dunsany published his second novel,
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varies from the wistfulness of "Blagdaross" to the horrors of "Poor Old Bill" and "Where the Tides Ebb and Flow" to the social satire of "The Day of the Poll." The opening paragraph of "
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hole with gold and dig it up when they need it. And the only use that is known for their ridiculous wealth is to attract to their larder a continual supply of food. In times of
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was an admirer of Dunsany's work. Her story "The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles" (1951) is a sequel to Dunsany's "How Nuth Would Have Practised His Art Upon the Gnoles".
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in 1917, even as his second collection of poetry, also selected by Dunsany, circulated. Dunsany later arranged for a third collection to appear, and later still a first
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books, which sold well, were among the first of a type that would become popular in fantasy and science fiction writing: highly improbable "club tales" told at a
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were among others optioned at various times, but none are believed to have reached production. Granada TV also bought options or rights for certain stories.
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Born in London as heir to an old Irish peerage, he was raised partly in Kent, but later lived mainly at Ireland's possibly longest-inhabited home,
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Dunsany was an avid horseman and hunter, for many years hosting the hounds of a local hunt and hunting in parts of Africa. He was at one time the
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A Journey, in 5 cantos: The Battle of Britain, The Battle of Greece, The Battle of the Mediterranean, Battles Long Ago, The Battle of the Atlantic
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gives a full listing of Dunsany's own works catalogued as "I.A." numbers, the last issued within author's lifetime being #92 (I.A. 92)
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expressed admiration for Dunsany and wrote an introduction to a collection of his stories. Some commentators have seen links between
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From a historically wealthy and famous family, Lord Dunsany was related to many well-known Irish figures. He was a kinsman of the
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in April 1941, returning home by an even more complex route, his travels forming a basis for a long poem published in book form (
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head are still held by the Dunsany family. He was also related to the prominent Anglo-Irish unionist and later nationalist /
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acknowledged the influence of Lord Dunsany on his work and wrote him an epitaph included in "Herba de aquĂ­ e de acolĂĄ".
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Several Dunsany short stories have been published as audiobooks in Germany and played on the German national railway,
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and the Kent County Chess Association for some years and of Sevenoaks Chess Club for 54 years. His short story
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Dunsany's own work and contribution to the Irish literary heritage were recognised with an honorary degree from
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The title passed to him at his father's death in 1899 at a fairly young age. The young Lord Dunsany returned to
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Although many of Dunsany's plays were successfully staged in his lifetime, he also wrote "chamber plays" or
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Horace Curzon Plunkett's Diaries, transcribed by Kate Targett (Reading Room, National Library of Ireland.
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once named Lord Dunsany as his personal favourite fantasy writer and recommended him to aspiring authors.
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Essays by Divers Hands: Being the Transactions of the Royal Society of Literature of the United Kingdom
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in the 1960s. Tolkien's letters and divulged notes made allusions to two stories found in the volume, "
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Most of Dunsany's plays were performed in his lifetime, some many times in many venues, including the
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of 1916, he drove in to offer help and was wounded by a bullet lodged in his skull. After recovery at
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enjoyed Dunsany's work and corresponded with him between 1944 and 1956. The letters are collected in
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An adaptation of "The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth" was made by Destiny's End in 1998.
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Leonard R. N. Ashley, "Plunkett, Edward John Moreton Drax, eighteenth Baron Dunsany (1878–1957)",
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is a classic work of suspense that incorporates a strong and unique chess element into its plot.
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The total number of books (including posthumously published) numbers up to I.A. #121 as of 2012.
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had recordings of the broadcasts, but according to articles on the author, these are not extant.
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Lloyd Alexander, Evangeline Walton Ensley, Kenneth Morris: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography
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cites Dunsany as an influence and wrote an introduction to one of the recent reprint editions.
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Dunsany's style varied significantly throughout his writing career. Prominent Dunsany scholar
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was much impressed by Dunsany after seeing him on a speaking tour of the United States. His "
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Dunsany wrote several plays for radio, most being broadcast on the BBC and some collected in
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and some fellow writers. He was a chess and pistol champion of Ireland, and travelled and
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Andersson, Martin (1 May 2015). Showers, Brian (ed.). "Review: Shooting for the Butler".
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much admired Dunsany's "plays and fantasy", according to his biographer, Brian Taves.
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and poetry for the Irish branch's annual memorial service on a number of occasions.
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normal copyright periods in some territories, notably most of the contents of the
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after war duty, in 1901. In that year he was also confirmed as an elector for the
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Dunsany's fame arose chiefly from his prolific writings. He was involved in the
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The Green Book: Writings on Irish Gothic, Supernatural and Fantastic Literature
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Mysteries of Time and Spirit: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Donald Wandrei
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In 1903, he met Lady Beatrice Child Villiers (1880–1970), youngest daughter of
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placed Dunsany in a list of his favourite poets in a 1932 letter to Lovecraft.
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was a fan of Dunsany's work, which had some influence on his fantasy stories.
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Edward Plunkett grew up at the family properties, notably Dunstall Priory in
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In 1947, Dunsany transferred his Meath estate in trust to his son and heir
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in 1912, in which he almost seems to be parodying his lofty early style.
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in Derry. Hearing while on leave of disturbances in Dublin during the
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as a preparation for his auxiliary role in compiling and developing
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who received support and encouragement from Dunsany over many years.
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and had found two double-barrelled shotguns, two rook rifles, four
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M.J. Engh, "www.mjengh.com My Works", . Retrieved 15 October 2013.
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C. M. Kornbluth: The Life and Works of a Science Fiction Visionary
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stated in an interview that Dunsany inspired her to write fantasy.
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reading a number of Dunsany short stories appeared in the 1980s.
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Dunsany appeared on early television several times, notably on
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of dogs' tails, and presided over the West Kent branch of the
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In 1940, Dunsany was appointed Byron Professor of English in
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among his collection of "weird books" that Wandrei had read.
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and London and travelled between homes in Meath, London and
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a return to his early style of writing. In his next novel,
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to him among other "old-school horror/fantasy writers".
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Dunsany received an honorary doctorate, D.Litt., from
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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. 5221:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst 3953: 3408: 2467:using materials unearthed by the Dunsany curator. 2236:included Dunsany's short story "The Idle City" in 2172:that Tolkien may have been inspired by another of 2058: 1820: 1450:series is an adaptation of Dunsany's short story " 981:was a mocking portrait of Dunsany in that period. 828:and what was then the King George V Hospital (now 4417:Lord Dunsany: King of Dreams: A Personal Portrait 4072: 3004:Pathways to Elfland: The Writings of Lord Dunsany 2640:Canavan states "He published more than 80 books". 1050:Aside from his literary work, Dunsany was a keen 5052: 3945: 2973:Supernatural Fiction Writers: Fantasy and Horror 2102: 4549:: the author's page in the official family site 4354: 4326: 3189: 3181: 3169: 3161: 3149: 3141: 2686: 2657: 2649: 2320:was a keen reader of Dunsany's work as a child. 1128:in both Ireland and Kent, including grounds in 4779:The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories 3665:Joshi, S.T.; Schultz, David E. (August 2005). 2396:is a double pastiche of Dunsany and Lovecraft. 1901:Dunsany studied Greek and Latin, particularly 1786:The Little Tales of Smethers and Other Stories 1673:It was said that the 1998 British-US romantic 929:, to whom he gave the use of his library, and 5121:British Army personnel of the Second Boer War 4969:The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth 4646: 4119: 4052: 4050: 3804:"Jack Vance, Biographical Sketch", (2000) in 3536:"Tolkien on Howard? - the REH Forum - Page 4" 2852: 2609: 2607: 2605: 1745:was released by the metal band Falcon in 2008 1683:, with some similar plot points, directed by 1452:The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth 959:. However, he had to be evacuated due to the 874:, the English village bombed most during the 804:Dunsany served as a second lieutenant in the 4855:In the Land of Time, and Other Fantasy Tales 4138: 4022: 3664: 3606:"Letter from Lord Dunsany to Patrick Mahony" 2047:stories returns to this theme, referring to 1113:for many years, serving as President of the 596:John William Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany 27:Anglo-Irish writer and dramatist (1878–1957) 4134:. Dublin, Ireland: Swan River Press: 70–73. 3456:Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos 3235:"The Shakespeare Reading Society – History" 1390: 845:Restoration of Order in Ireland Regulations 667:. Another younger brother died in infancy. 5316:Fellows of the Royal Society of Literature 4898:Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley 4653: 4639: 4365:Lord Dunsany: A Comprehensive Bibliography 4047: 3773: 3505:"Classics of Fantasy: The Books of Wonder" 2671:Lord Dunsany: A Comprehensive Bibliography 2602: 2360:was written as a sequel to Dunsany's play 2344:used a Dunsany poem to open his 2004 work 2286:. The essay acknowledges the link between 2015:Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley 1271:Don Rodriguez: Chronicles of Shadow Valley 235: 5321:Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society 4125: 4105:"Vol. 3 No. 1 Winter 2006 – Contributors" 3791:Kenneth J. Zahorski and Robert H. Boyer, 3584: 3343: 3063:http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/title/105799 2465:The Ghost in the Corner and other stories 2440:The Ghost in the Corner and other stories 2378:has acknowledged Dunsany as an influence. 1229:(1921), and also some radio productions. 843:, Dunsany was charged with violating the 565:. He devised an asymmetrical game called 193:Learn how and when to remove this message 131:Learn how and when to remove this message 4423: 3880:(1982). "From Elfland to Poughkeepsie". 3215: 2855:A Dictionary of Irish History since 1800 2501: 1789:were published in the UK and US in 2017. 1568:, was showcased in the mid-1970s at the 1348:Each of his collections varies in mood; 988: 885: 791: 697: 241:Dunsany in 1919 by Morrall-Hoole Studios 5151:British male dramatists and playwrights 4702:The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories 4233: 4144: 4085:. 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Hippocampus Press. 25 February 2017 3817: 3689: 3442: 3414: 3402: 2758: 2239:AntologĂ­a de la Literatura FantĂĄstica 1792:A set of short stories set to music, 732:The Dunsanys were socially active in 702:Beatrice Child Villiers, Lady Dunsany 693: 637:and Republican politician, father of 602:-Erle-Drax (nĂ©e Burton) (1855–1916). 5022:John Plunkett, 17th Baron of Dunsany 4460:Imaginary Worlds: The Art of Fantasy 3951: 3708: 3431:The Ultimate Encyclopedia of Fantasy 3344:Andersson, Martin (6 October 2023). 3124: 2853:Hickey, D.J.; Doherty, J.E. (1980). 2740:from the original on 1 December 2017 1299:Among his best-known characters was 1139: 142: 69:adding citations to reliable sources 40: 4880:The Ginger Cat and Other Lost Plays 4489:Works by Lord Dunsany in eBook form 4402:Discovering Classic Fantasy Fiction 3107:"The George Pal Site: "-Ographies"" 2710:from the original on 15 August 2020 2461:The Ginger Cat and other lost plays 1331: 768:. He also socialised at times with 24: 18:Edward Plunkett, 18th Baron Dunsany 4447: 3603: 3383:"Nomination Database – Literature" 3346:"Lord Dunsany and the Nobel Prize" 1969:speech patterns were an influence. 1861:In 1950, he was nominated for the 1274:appeared in 1922. It is set in "a 971:'s character Lord Pinkrose in her 25: 5332: 5081:20th-century British male writers 4482: 4415:Smith, Hazel Littlefield (1959). 3561:Nelson, Dale (21 December 2004). 2252:, in a 7 February 1927 letter to 1836:Dunsany was also a fellow of the 1825:Lord Dunsany was a Fellow of the 1124:Dunsany provided support for the 967:, special edition January 1944). 816:, he was stationed for a time at 688:Royal Military College, Sandhurst 389:John Plunkett, 17th Baron Dunsany 250:Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett 4660: 4533: 3575:(1). Morgantown, West Virginia: 3511:. 2 January 2005. Archived from 3192:, 1st ed., p. 182. Item # C.ii.7 3172:, 1st ed., p. 182. Item # C.ii.6 3152:, 1st ed., p. 182. Item # C.ii.5 2884:Braybrooke & Braybrooke 2004 2544: 1777: 1239: 1194: 1143: 881: 484: 147: 45: 32:Edward Plunkett (disambiguation) 5281:People educated at Eton College 5276:People educated at Cheam School 5171:British science fiction writers 5166:British people of Irish descent 5106:20th-century British memoirists 5091:20th-century Irish male writers 5076:20th-century Anglo-Irish people 5071:19th-century Anglo-Irish people 4786:Jorkens Borrows Another Whiskey 4411:5 (Spring 1989), pp. 20–26 4179: 4153: 4097: 3992: 3920: 3904: 3870: 3861: 3839: 3818:Power, Edward (23 March 2002). 3811: 3798: 3785: 3767: 3754:I admire and constantly reread 3731: 3702: 3683: 3658: 3652:cafeirreal.alicewhittenburg.com 3640: 3619: 3597: 3554: 3528: 3519: 3497: 3488: 3461: 3448: 3433:, London, Carlton, 1998, p. 36. 3420: 3375: 3337: 3320: 3290: 3252: 3239:shakespearereadingsociety.co.uk 3226: 3209: 3195: 3175: 3155: 3135: 3099: 3074: 3055: 3026: 3017: 2993: 2957: 2948: 2914: 2889: 2877: 2865: 2846: 2832: 2815:"Edward Plunkett, Lord Dunsany" 2807: 2791: 2390:'s 1975 short story collection 2059:Writers associated with Dunsany 1884: 1821:Memberships, awards and honours 1322: 1203:earning a commission on sales. 1179: 1105:in his later years. He enjoyed 890:Photograph of Dunsany from the 641:, executed for his part in the 366: 335:Early short story collections, 56:needs additional citations for 5311:Military personnel from London 5256:Irish male short story writers 5086:20th-century British novelists 4905:The King of Elfland's Daughter 4570:, extensively cross-referenced 4507:Works by or about Lord Dunsany 4392:. New Jersey: Greenwood Press. 3648:"Cafe Irreal: Fiction: Borges" 3577:West Virginia University Press 2752: 2722: 2692: 2663: 2643: 2634: 2577: 2565:List of horror fiction authors 2509:(1181–), County Meath, Ireland 2481: 2425:The Pleasures of a Futuroscope 2258:The King of Elfland's Daughter 2209:The King of Elfland's Daughter 2187:The Adventures of Tom Bombadil 1742:The King of Elfland's Daughter 1726:The King of Elfland's Daughter 1668:The King of Elfland's Daughter 1537:appeared in the USA TV series 1281:The King of Elfland's Daughter 1076:notable for not involving any 946: 830:St. Bricin's Military Hospital 529:The King of Elfland's Daughter 338:The King of Elfland's Daughter 13: 1: 5296:British weird fiction writers 5261:Irish science fiction writers 5111:20th-century Irish memoirists 4424:Touponce, William F. (2013). 4274:. London: Chatto and Windus. 4107:. contemporaryrhyme.com. 2006 3713:. Jefferson, North Carolina: 3694:. Jefferson, North Carolina: 3190:Joshi & Schweitzer (1993) 3182:Joshi & Schweitzer (2014) 3170:Joshi & Schweitzer (1993) 3162:Joshi & Schweitzer (2014) 3150:Joshi & Schweitzer (1993) 3142:Joshi & Schweitzer (2014) 2687:Joshi & Schweitzer (2014) 2658:Joshi & Schweitzer (1993) 2650:Joshi & Schweitzer (2014) 2622:(377). Wordwell Ltd.: 26–27. 2590: 2103:Writers influenced by Dunsany 1895: 1891:List of works by Lord Dunsany 1800: 1749: 1524:The Pirates of the Round Pond 1515:, who also collaborated with 1480:A half-hour dramatisation of 1458: 1030:in Meath, with a reading of " 984: 585: 34:. For the peerage title, see 5096:20th-century Irish novelists 5041:(grandson and literary heir) 4337:Lord Dunsany: A Bibliography 4004:Dunsany family official site 2595: 1437:was later adapted for radio. 1045: 862:, Dunsany signed up for the 814:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 798:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 690:, which he entered in 1896. 580: 437:Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 356:Lady Beatrice Child Villiers 7: 5176:British short story writers 4919:The Curse of the Wise Woman 4827:Over the Hills and Far Away 4772:The Man Who Ate the Phoenix 4758:Jorkens Has a Large Whiskey 4568:A Lord Dunsany Bibliography 4532:(public domain audiobooks) 4304:. London: Hamish Hamilton. 4302:Cairo in the War, 1939–1945 4217:A Biography of Lord Dunsany 3795:, G. K. Hall, 1981, p. 116. 3738:Elliot, Jeffrey M. (1982). 3298:"Meetings: Session 1927-28" 2967:(1985). "Lord Dunsany". In 2537: 2302:esteemed Dunsany's fiction. 2007:The Well at the World's End 1849:The Curse of the Wise Woman 1827:Royal Society of Literature 1776:(public domain audiobooks) 1528:The Pirates of Central Park 1381:The Curse of the Wise Woman 1135: 1001:and settled in Kent at his 648:His mother was a cousin of 173:the claims made and adding 10: 5337: 5286:People from Shoreham, Kent 5191:Coldstream Guards officers 4976:The Hoard of the Gibbelins 4765:The Fourth Book of Jorkens 4737:Tales of Three Hemispheres 4463:. Vol. 58. New York: 4208: 2486:An hour-long documentary, 2418:and "The Murderers," some 2326:was influenced by Dunsany. 2180:," while writing a poem, " 2178:The Hoard of the Gibbelins 1987:Algernon Charles Swinburne 1975:, a stage play written by 1888: 1838:Royal Geographical Society 1662:the science fiction novel 1626:My Talks With Dean Spanley 1594:The 22-minute colour film 1395: 1356:The Hoard of the Gibbelins 921:, Oliver St John Gogarty, 712:Irish representative peers 29: 5306:Writers from County Meath 5216:Free Foresters cricketers 5008: 4992: 4953: 4928: 4889: 4864: 4820:Beyond the Fields We Know 4802: 4677: 4668: 4619: 4610: 4602: 4595: 3883:The Language of the Night 3356:(Bealtaine 2018): 23–29. 3068:26 September 2012 at the 2803:accessed 26 November 2014 2497: 2293:Tales from the White Hart 1863:Nobel Prize in Literature 1637:and Alan Harris, starred 1545: 1473:A 1946 BBC production of 1087:The Three Sailors' Gambit 961:German invasion of Greece 841:Irish War of Independence 750:Irish War of Independence 464: 450: 428: 418: 404: 399: 395: 384: 376: 350: 331: 309: 301: 293: 285: 268: 246: 234: 209: 5196:Deaths from appendicitis 4813:At the Edge of the World 4793:The Last Book of Jorkens 4751:Jorkens Remembers Africa 4516:Works by Edward Plunkett 4409:Studies in Weird Fiction 4147:The Last Book of Jorkens 3960:. Sauk City, Wisconsin: 3808:, British Library, 2000. 3302:The Geographical Journal 3264:The Geographical Journal 3260:"Obituary: Lord Dunsany" 3061:British Film Institute: 3046:The Gods of the Mountain 2930:. Sauk City, Wisconsin: 2616:"It's a dog's afterlife" 2570: 2435:The Last Book of Jorkens 2041:Beethoven's 7th Symphony 2017:seems to draw openly on 1930:His father's tale about 1695: 1533:A dramatised reading of 1494:and aired in April 1949. 1413: 1391:Dramatisations and media 1214: 1013: 800:, in the First World War 5186:Chess variant inventors 5141:British fantasy writers 4730:The Last Book of Wonder 4553:Lord Dunsany Collection 4419:. New York: Exposition. 3006:(1989) Owlswick Press, 2977:Charles Scribner's Sons 2901:EncyclopĂŠdia Britannica 2840:search.findmypast.co.uk 2759:Maume, Patrick (2009). 2560:List of fantasy authors 2488:Shooting for the Butler 2422:stories, and the novel 2357:The Well of the Unicorn 2074:Battle of Passchendaele 2037:Plays for Earth and Air 2031:Dunsany named his play 2000:The heroic romances of 1973:The Darling of the Gods 1947:Hans Christian Andersen 1937:He was affected by the 1421:Plays for Earth and Air 1066:simultaneous exhibition 1008:Dunsany, King of Dreams 762:Oliver St. John Gogarty 5156:British male novelists 5146:British horror writers 4912:The Charwoman's Shadow 4587:Lord Dunsany and Chess 4272:Olivia Manning: A Life 4145:Dunsany, Lord (2002). 4000:"Lord Dunsany – works" 3485:REH Bookshelf Website. 3040:reference, three were 2843:(subscription needed). 2510: 2227:The Neil Gaiman Reader 1963:were also read by him. 1856:Trinity College Dublin 1708:" for his debut album 1376: 1288:The Charwoman's Shadow 1119:Boy Scouts Association 994: 941:Trinity College Dublin 899:Irish Literary Revival 894: 826:Jervis Street Hospital 801: 776:, and was a friend of 758:George William Russell 723:The 7th Earl of Jersey 703: 571:Trinity College Dublin 532:, and his first book, 5231:Irish fantasy writers 5136:British chess players 4983:Idle Days on the Yann 4848:The Collected Jorkens 4541:Works by Lord Dunsany 4526:Works by Lord Dunsany 4498:Works by Lord Dunsany 4266:Braybrooke, Neville; 4191:norman.hrc.utexas.edu 4079:Scott, Tania (2011). 3928:"Welleran Poltarnees" 3690:Taves, Brian (2006). 3586:10.1353/tks.2004.0013 2773:10.3318/dib.007381.v1 2704:www.curtisbrown.co.uk 2505: 2472:University of Glasgow 2457:The Collected Jorkens 2393:The House of the Worm 2284:The Collected Jorkens 2145:'s report, presented 2013:Dunsany's 1922 novel 1959:and his works set in 1949:, and by the work of 1794:The Vengeance of Thor 1770:Works by Lord Dunsany 1739:An interpretation of 1719:, recorded a concept 1706:Idle Days on the Yann 1604:Twentieth Century Fox 1367: 1252:This Side of Paradise 992: 889: 795: 701: 631:George Count Plunkett 5246:Irish male novelists 5236:Irish horror writers 4562:Dunsany Bibliography 4428:. 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Dublin, Ireland: 2532:Harry Ransom Center 2407:Curator and studies 2382:Welleran Poltarnees 2256:, listed Dunsany's 2163:Chu-Bu and Sheemish 2070:Songs of the Fields 1723:based on Dunsany's 1664:The Last Revolution 1500:Four Star Playhouse 1488:, was produced for 1247:F. Scott Fitzgerald 1201:The Gods of Pegāna, 1060:of London, playing 919:George "AE" Russell 788:Military experience 770:George Bernard Shaw 754:Sir Horace Plunkett 658:Seventy Years Young 627:Sir Horace Plunkett 324:, science fiction, 5271:Mythopoeic writers 5161:British male poets 5018:(preferred artist) 4716:The Book of Wonder 4688:The Gods of Pegāna 4597:Peerage of Ireland 4467:. pp. 27–48. 3890:. pp. 78–79. 3878:Le Guin, Ursula K. 3387:www.nobelprize.org 3082:"Watch The Pledge" 3000:Darrell Schweitzer 2511: 2452:Darrell Schweitzer 2446:Fans and scholars 2306:Margaret St. Clair 2300:Manly Wade Wellman 2270:Cyril M. 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