Rupert Brooke : Life, Death and Myth Paperback / softback
by Nigel Jones
Paperback / softback
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Paragon of youthful beauty, romantic symbol of a lost England, and precociously gifted poet, Rupert Chawner Brooke died in a hospital ship off the Aegean island of Skyros in April 1915, aged just 27.
All England mourned his passing. But behind the glow of myth lies a darker reality. At the height of his promise a disappointment in love triggered a mental and physical collapse that brought his inner complexities to the surface.
Letters reveal a man who was sexually ambivalent, misogynistic, anti-Semitic – and sometimes alarmingly unstable.
This revised edition of Nigel Jones's admired biography, including an account of a previously unknown affair of Brooke's, reveals a more conflicted and troubled individual than the gilded Adonis of English literary myth.
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- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:624 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/04/2015
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- ISBN:9781781857038
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Out of Stock - We are unable to provide an estimated availability date for this product
- Format:Paperback / softback
- Pages:624 pages
- Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Publication Date:23/04/2015
- Category:
- ISBN:9781781857038