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C. Fox Smith (1882–1954)

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Rechtmäßiger Name
Smith, Cicely Fox
Geburtstag
1882-02-01
Todestag
1954-04-08
Geschlecht
female
Nationalität
England
Land (für Karte)
UK
Geburtsort
Lymm, Cheshire, England, UK
Sterbeort
Bow, Devon, England, UK
Ausbildung
Manchester High School for Girls
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Government pension (for services to literature|1949-1954)

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Smith cannot be said to have burnished her reputation with this thin (78 pp.) volume of poems published at the height of the Great War. The book is a collection of poems previously published in magazines, mainly relating to the merchant navy, with a few at the end relating to the Western Front. Perhaps the descriptions of rumoured atrocities by the enemy, and in one case the justification for the murder of a prisoner by the Allies, were popular themes at the time, but I hope we can now see them as standard demonisations by 'othering'. In all fairness, there are a few poems that are not overshadowed by the war, but too many leave a bad taste in the mouth. Urgh.… (mehr)
 
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Cynfelyn | Aug 20, 2017 |

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