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Warren Albert McNeill (1903–1998)

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McNeill, Warren Albert
Geburtstag
1903
Todestag
1998-07-19
Geschlecht
male
Nationalität
USA
Geburtsort
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Sterbeort
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Wohnorte
Brockton, Massachusetts, USA
Lynchburg, Virginia, USA
Richmond, Virginia, USA
Lexington, Kentucky, USA
Ausbildung
B. A., University of Richmond
M. A., University of Richmond
Berufe
journalist
editor
PR director
reviewer
literary critic
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Warren Albert McNeill (1903-1998) was born in Brockton, Mass. in 1903, grew up in Lynchburg, Va., and received B.A. and M.A. degrees from the University of Richmond. He was a reporter for the Lynchburg News and the Richmond Times-Dispatch in the mid-1920s where he served as city editor before becoming a member of the Associated Press staff in 1930. In 1947 he left AP to become Administrative Assistant to Senator A. Willis Robertson of Virginia. He later moved to Kentucky and became Director of Public Relations and Advertising for the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in 1960, and retired in 1970. McNeill began corresponding with Richmond writer James Branch Cabell in 1924 when he was writing for the book page in the Lynchburg News. He wrote 'Cabellian Harmonics', a study of the works of Cabell which published in 1928. He also wrote Cabell book reviews for Lynchburg, Richmond, and Nashville newspapers, and a stage adaptation of "In Ursula's Garden" entitled "The Masque." In the 1970s he wrote a number of articles on Cabell published in two journals devoted to Cabell, The Cabellian and Kalki. He was a former president of the Railroad Public Relations Association and was recognized as Kentucky's first fully accredited member of the Public Relations Society of America. He died July 19, 1998 in Lexington, Kentucky. [see the obituary for Warren A. McNeill, July 21, 1998, Richmond Times-Dispatch]

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I discovered this book while researching some points for my review of [b:Time Enough for Love|353|Time Enough for Love|Robert A. Heinlein|https://d.gr-assets.com/books/1218664355s/353.jpg|75443] by [a:Robert Heinlein|205|Robert A. Heinlein|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1192826560p2/205.jpg]. In particular, at the beginning of a chapter in Time, Heinlein uses Cabell's trick of inserting poetry as prose. This book appears to be the standard authority on Cabell's use of such "contrapuntal prose," and after reading the introduction (by Cabell himself) and the opening chapter to get a flavor of the discussion, I decided to continue reading, as the book is rather short — just over 100 pages — and seemed intriguing enough to warrant the time.

I'm glad I did. Despite having never read any of Cabell's work, the fact that two of my scholarly obsessions — Heinlein and [a:Benjamin De Casseres|834226|Benjamin De Casseres|https://d.gr-assets.com/authors/1432785459p2/834226.jpg] — both admire him have already put in my sights as someone whose work I should read. This book shows not only that Cabell is worth checking out in greater detail, but also shows how much care Cabell took in creating the mythology of his Dom Manuel and the fictional Poictesme region of Southern France.

Alas that Cabell's Biography of Manuel is some 18 volumes, as I have too many other commitments to start it anytime soon.
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octoberdad | 1 weitere Rezension | Dec 16, 2020 |
Unique work of Cabellian criticism, especially highlights Cabell's technique of "contrapuntal prose"
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