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Item Category 1: Adult non-fiction
Record 110 of 11116

Main Title:
Stevie Smith : a biography / Frances Spalding.
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Edition:
New edition.
Imprint:
Cheltenham : The History Press, 2025.
Collation:
1 volume : illustrations (black and white) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Previous edition: Stroud: Sutton, 2002.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary:
Stevie Smith is best known for 'Not Waving But Drowning', one of the English speaking world's favourite poems. Born in Hull as Florence Margaret Smith, her family moved to Palmers Green in 1905, and she lived there until her death on 7 March 1971. After her death, a film starring Glenda Jackson and a play were written about her life, bringing widespread revival among her readers. This biography reveals a new side of Stevie Smith's character, and demonstrates that her solitude has been overstated: she was actively involved in the social, as well as intellectual, life of literary London. This work reveals how the events of Stevie Smith's life had a profound effect on her poetry, and that her life and art formed a very intimate relationship.
ISBN:
9781803998633 (pbk)
Dewey Class:
821.912
Language:
English
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BRN:
3964433
Bookmark Link:
https://rochdale.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spydus.exe/ENQ/MASK/BIBENQ?BRN=3964433

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