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and "The Evergreen". It was to Rinder ("EWR") he attributed the inspiration for his writings as "Fiona Macleod" thereafter, and to whom he dedicated his first Macleod novel ("Pharais") in 1894. Sharp had a complex and ambivalent relationship with
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On occasions when it was necessary for "Fiona Macleod" to write to someone unaware of the dual identity, Sharp would dictate the text to his sister (Mary Beatrice Sharp), whose handwriting would then be passed off as Fiona's manuscript.
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in London in 1953. The first recording of the complete work, sponsored by The Rutland Boughton Trust, took place in 1983 and was released the following year by Hyperion Records on CD and as a boxed vinyl set.
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which would abolish gender inequality. The review was received negatively; among other things, critics wrote that its paganism was far removed from the pagan writings of the ancient world. The
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In 1910, Elizabeth Sharp published a biographical memoir attempting to explain the creative necessity behind the deception, and edited a complete edition of his works.
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The Sexual Tensions of William Sharp: A Study of the Birth of Fiona Macleod, Incorporating Two Lost Works, 'Ariadne in Naxos' and 'Beatrice'" (1996) Terry L. Meyers
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The poems of Fiona Macleod attracted the attention of composers in the first half of the 20th century as part of the
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Deep in the heart of Summer, sweet is life to me still, But my heart is a lonely hunter that hunts on a lonely hill.
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for 216 consecutive performances in 1922, and for a further 160 performances the following year, and was staged in
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movement in a number of essays published in English-language literary periodicals, including two essays entitled
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movement in the UK and the US. By far the best known setting was the adaptation of the verse drama
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There can be no better cure for the errors of Neo-paganism than a study of the old pagans,
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The life and Letters of William Sharp and "Fiona Macleod" Edited by William F. Halloran
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Sharp took an early interest in the Belgian avant-garde and disseminated knowledge of
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Celtic Twilight's Immortal Hour in British History, Literature, Music, and Culture
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in 1884, and devoted himself to writing full-time from 1891, travelling widely.
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The Fin-de-Siecle Scottish Revival: Romance, Decadence and Celtic Identity
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Also about this time, he developed an intensely romantic attachment to
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The Winged Destiny: Studies in the Spiritual History of the Gael
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The Human Inheritance, The New Hope, Motherhood and Other Poems
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Lyra Celtica: An Anthology of Representative Celtic Poetry
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From the Hills of Dream, Threnodies Songs and Later Poems
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Library of World's Best Literature Ancient and Modern
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During his Macleod period, Sharp was a member of the
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He translated Auguste Jenart's 296: 39:This article includes a list of general 1318:, with 42 library catalogue records 1308:, with 61 library catalogue records 1083:"Bronte Insieme/Notizie - Bibliografia" 1044: 1042: 962:Oxford Dictionary of National Biography 952: 901:Where the forest murmurs: Nature essays 388:, in Sicily, where he was the guest of 1372:People educated at the Glasgow Academy 1324: 1134:*Warrack, John and West, Ewan (1992), 793:Ecce puella and Other Prose Imaginings 689:Romantic Ballads and Poems of Phantasy 402: 1163: 1048: 941:Sharp's Death Solves Literary Mystery 1039: 921:The Hills of Ruel, and Other Stories 25: 1352:Alumni of the University of Glasgow 463: 13: 1392:Writers from Paisley, Renfrewshire 607:Five Songs for Low Voice and Piano 45:it lacks sufficient corresponding 14: 1403: 1357:Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 1347:19th-century pseudonymous writers 1288:Guide to the William Sharp Papers 1221: 1059:Cahiers victoriens et Ă©douardiens 894:(1904) as FM and dedicated to Dr 811:Fair Women in Painting and Poetry 315:Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn 1262: 769:The Gypsy Christ and Other Tales 677:Sea-Music: An Anthology of Poems 498:Other musical settings include: 30: 1246:Works by or about Fiona Macleod 1237:Works by or about William Sharp 1177: 1148: 490:in 1926. 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William Sharp (disambiguation)
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Paisley
Bronte
Elizabeth Sharp
literary biography
Ossian
Walter Scott
Matthew Arnold
Algernon Charles Swinburne
Eugene Lee-Hamilton
Paisley
Glasgow Academy
University of Glasgow
typhoid
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
Sir Noel Paton
Hall Caine
Philip Bourke Marston
married his cousin
Elizabeth Sharp
Edith Wingate Rinder
Patrick Geddes
W. B. Yeats
Celtic Revival

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