Arthur Symons was born on 28 February 1865 at Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire, Wales, into a household shaped by religious discipline, frequent movement, and intellectual aspiration. He was the son of the Reverend Arthur Symons, a Wesleyan Methodist minister, and Mary Ann Symons. His father’s ministry required the family to move from place to place, and the boy’s childhood was therefore less rooted in one local communit…
“It is the soul in them that sins, sorrowfully, without reluctance, inevitably. They have put off the common burdens of humanity.”
Neighbourhood:
Decadent Poets, Edwardian Poets, Symbolist Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Wonder
Frank Stuart Flint was born on December 19, 1885, in Islington, London, into circumstances that would have crushed a lesser spirit but instead forged one of the most influential yet underappreciated figures in early twentieth-century English literature. He died on February 28, 1960, leaving behind a legacy that Ford Madox Ford would describe as that of "one of the greatest men and one of the beautiful spirits of the…
“To use absolutely no word that does not contribute to the presentation.”
Neighbourhood:
Edwardian Poets, Imagist Poets, Modernist Poets
Emotional landscape: Wonder, Longing, Spirituality
