Family Move to Bideford and Schooling
Poet involved
What happened
In 1879, the Symons family relocated to Bideford, a town in Devon, England, where young Arthur attended the High Street Classical and Mathematical School. This move was significant for Symons, as he met his first mentor, Charles Churchill Osborne, who would influence his literary development. The education he received during this time laid the groundwork for his future as a poet.
Literary impact
This relocation and formal schooling period provided Symons with structured literary exposure amid his otherwise itinerant upbringing, fostering his precocious reading habits. It laid foundational influences for his autodidactic development, evident in his later critical depth and appreciation for dramatic and poetic forms that shaped his Symbolist poetry.
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