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617: 53: 38: 155:. Machen was one of the surviving writers of the 1890s he admired and befriended. Gawsworth's longest piece of written work was a biography of Machen, but he could find no publisher for it in the thirties. It was finally published by Tartarus Press in 2005. 181:
and all individually signed by Davies. A further special limited edition of 15 were printed on handmade paper and also hand-coloured by Carrick. Three companion titles appeared in similar editions at the same time:
366:(Unicorn Press). The only anthology credited under the name John Gawsworth. Despite the subtitle, this is a mixture of new and reprint stories. Some of the contents were reprinted in Gawsworth's anonymous 353:, "the excessively minor poet John Gawsworth" kept the ashes of M. P. Shiel "in a biscuit tin on his mantelpiece, dropping a pinch as condiment into the food of any particularly honoured guest". 659: 417:: "Dr. Todoro Karadja", "The Mystery of the Red Road", and "The Hanging of Ernest Clark." The first of these borrows from "He Wakes an Echo" in Shiel's short story collection, 664: 384:(Hutchinson). Anthology edited anonymously. despite the emphasis on the "New," thirteen of the thirty stories had seen earlier periodical publication. 342:
became Gawsworth's literary executor in 1970, also becoming H.M. Juan II but Wynne-Tyson "abdicated" in favour of the Spanish novelist and translator
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Rogers, Timothy, editor. Georgian Poetry 1911-1922: The Critical Heritage (London, Henley and Boston: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1977), p.11
679: 571: 610: 120: 669: 542: 285: 217:(1962)). At this time he was very much involved in compiling (usually anonymously) story collections, generally of the 391:(Associated Newspapers). Anthology edited anonymously and illustrated by Norman Keane. Includes tales reprinted from 517: 389:
Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries: A Specially Selected Collection of Sixty-Three Complete Stories by Well-Known Writers.
413:, writing with Fytton Armstong, Gawsworth's real name. And Gawsworth as Gawsworth added his name to three tales by 131:
As a very young man he moved in London literary circles championing traditional verse and writing as opposed to
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Crimes, Creeps and Thrills:Forty-Five New Stories of Detection, Horror and Adventure by Eminent Modern Authors.
409:(Daily Express). Anthology edited anonymously. One collaboration in this volume, "Kametis and Evelpis," was by 588: 377:(Rich & Cowan). Non-fantastic stories. The only anthology credited under the name T. I. Fytton-Armstrong. 112: 674: 218: 495: 622: 593: 308: 52: 37: 629: 85: 606: 203: 70:(and also sometimes known as T. I. F. Armstrong), was a British writer, poet and compiler of 649: 644: 410: 8: 616: 584: 580: 215:
When the Rat-Race Is Over; an essay in honour of the fiftieth birthday of John Gawsworth
335: 92: 402:(Associated Newspapers). Anthology edited anonymously and illustrated by Norman Keane. 513: 322:(edited anonymously by Gawsworth ) are extraordinary for their retrospective vision. 481:, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, January 2006, accessed 7 February 2011. 245: 104: 343: 600: 546: 339: 273: 257: 210: 276:
as an aircraftman in North Africa (T. E. Shaw being the postwar name adopted by
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a roof over his head in London in 1934 (MacDiarmid returned the compliment in
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privately printed in a limited edition of 290 numbered copies, illustrated by
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Thrills: Twenty Specially Selected New Stories of Crime, Mystery and Horror.
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at University of Victoria Special Collections and University Archives
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publishing some well-known poets, its title inspired by the mountain
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anthology (reactionary, quite literally) was prompted by the
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group. Later he returned to a picturesque eccentricity as a
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The Notting Hill & Holland Park Book Past and Present
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styling himself H.M. Juan I. The independent publisher
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People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
540:"Two Kings of Redonda: M. P. Shiel and John Gawsworth" 66:(29 June 1912 – 23 September 1970), better known as 572:
At Supernatural Fiction Database, story anthologies
428:(E. H. Samuel). With 30 unattributed illustrations. 95:in 1947, and started calling himself King Juan I. 272:, he served, under the alias T E Shavian, in the 166:, whose literary executor he would later become. 636: 227:Mishka and Madeleine. A Poem Sequence for Marcia 356: 78:(alluding to the "scrannel pipes" in Milton's 334:, Armstrong also inherited the throne of the 475:"Armstrong, Terence Ian Fitton (1912–1970)" 615: 51: 36: 665:Royal Air Force personnel of World War II 594:Shiel's Collaborators III: John Gawsworth 491:John Gawsworth, THE LIFE OF ARTHUR MACHEN 433:Twenty Tales of Terror: Great New Stories 479:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 382:New Tales of Horror by Eminent Authors. 221:. Poetry collections of this time were 151:, beloved by one of his literary idols 637: 252:. He made friends as well as enemies ( 248:in 1932, when Gawsworth was living in 567:The Lyric Struggles of John Gawsworth 364:Strange Assembly: New Stories of 1932 237:1939. Later he published through the 158:Other writers Gawsworth admired were 296:appeared in 1949. A later volume is 84:). He declared himself king of the 13: 325: 14: 691: 680:20th-century British male writers 560: 464:, Historical Publications, 2004. 375:Full Score: Twenty-five Stories. 318:(1936) (edited anonymously) and 244:He met and befriended the young 349:According to John Sutherland's 263: 532: 523: 502: 484: 467: 454: 260:) throughout literary London. 1: 589:University of Texas at Austin 553:, no. 36 (April 1982): 15–22. 510:W. H. Davies – a Bibliography 447: 437:Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries 419:The Pale Ape and Other Pulses 368:Thrills, Crimes and Mysteries 320:Neo-Georgian Poetry 1936–1937 119:, London. He was educated at 98: 439:(1935) and six stories from 357:Anthologies edited (Fiction) 64:Terence Ian Fytton Armstrong 7: 219:fiction of the supernatural 10: 696: 670:20th-century British poets 623:John Gawsworth collection 577:John Gawsworth Collection 496:Times Literary Supplement 316:Edwardian Poetry Book One 126: 45: 30: 23: 630:Leeds University Library 493:. Review reprinted from 330:As literary executor to 169:In 1931 he had the poem 121:Merchant Taylors' School 49:23 September 1970  407:Masterpiece of Thrills 351:Lives of the Novelists 655:Micronational leaders 628:Archival material at 103:Armstrong grew up in 611:UK National Archives 599:25 July 2008 at the 585:Harry Ransom Center 545:30 May 2015 at the 508:Harlow, S. (1993), 111:, and at number 40 675:British male poets 538:Wynne-Tyson, Jon, 411:J. Leslie Mitchell 336:Kingdom of Redonda 93:Kingdom of Redonda 34:29 June 1912  473:Jon Wynne-Tyson, 314:collection. The 280:). As one of the 223:Lyrics to Kingcup 137:Twyn Barlwm Press 61: 60: 687: 619: 614: 554: 536: 530: 527: 521: 506: 500: 488: 482: 471: 465: 458: 431:1945 (October). 393:Strange Assembly 380:1934 (December) 305:Known Signatures 246:Lawrence Durrell 105:Colville Gardens 76:Orpheus Scrannel 56: 55: 41: 40: 26: 21: 20: 695: 694: 690: 689: 688: 686: 685: 684: 635: 634: 605: 601:Wayback Machine 563: 558: 557: 547:Wayback Machine 537: 533: 528: 524: 507: 503: 489: 485: 472: 468: 460:Richard Tames, 459: 455: 450: 424:1936 (month?). 373:1933 (January) 362:1932 (October) 359: 340:Jon Wynne-Tyson 328: 326:King of Redonda 309:Michael Roberts 294:Collected Poems 274:Royal Air Force 266: 258:George Woodcock 231:Poems 1930–1932 211:Hugh MacDiarmid 129: 101: 50: 35: 24: 17: 12: 11: 5: 693: 683: 682: 677: 672: 667: 662: 657: 652: 647: 633: 632: 626: 620: 603: 591: 574: 569: 562: 561:External links 559: 556: 555: 531: 522: 501: 483: 466: 452: 451: 449: 446: 445: 444: 429: 422: 405:1936 (month?) 403: 398:1935 (month?) 396: 387:1935 (month?) 385: 378: 371: 358: 355: 327: 324: 278:T. 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anthologies
Lycidas
unrecognized
micronation
Kingdom of Redonda
Colville Gardens
Notting Hill
Royal Crescent
Holland Park
Merchant Taylors' School
modernism
small press
Twyn Barlwm
South Wales
Arthur Machen
Edgar Jepson
M. P. Shiel
W. H. Davies
Edward Carrick
Edith Sitwell
Edmund Blunden
Herbert Palmer
Hugh MacDiarmid
fiction of the supernatural
Lawrence Durrell
Denmark Street
Dylan Thomas
George Woodcock

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