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Richard Aldington (1892-1962)
British Imagist poet, critic, biographer, novelist,
noted for his scathing indictment of modern society's moral hypocrisies,
and also for his marriage to American poet Hilda
Doolittle, who carried on a long lesbian relationship with "Bryher,"
aka Annie Winifred Ellerman, apparently with his full knowledge and consent.
Aldington's collection of verse, The Love of Myrrhine and Konalis, is
about a pair of lesbian lovers. When not living what is oft-tauted
as every straight man's ultimate fantasy, Aldington wrote numerous works
of varying quality and value, including Death of a Hero (1929),
The
Colonel's Daughter (1931), and the poem A Dream in Luxembourg
(1930). Divorcing Hilda in 1938, he went on to write the autobiographical
Life
for Life's Sake (1941) and Lawrence of Arabia (1955), a largely
unfavorable biography of T.E.
Lawrence which formed part of the basis for the 1962 film of the same
name.
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A brief biography and poetry sample
Aldington, Richard - Poet, Novelist, Literary Scholar
Aldington, Richard - Twentieth Century Literature
Richard Aldington - encyclopedia article from Britannica.com
Counter-Attack : Biography of Richard Aldington by Michele Fry
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