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Cecil Day-Lewis. 1904–1972. Cecil Day-Lewis has two contrasting claims on our attention. The first is as an archetypal poet of the 1930s, the first-born, last-named member of the Auden/Spender/Day-Lewis triad, and the only one of those three friends whose commitment to Marxism extended to joining and working for the Communist Party.
Cecil Day Lewis He is most remembered today for his own lyric poetry, his detective fiction written under the pseudonym Nicholas Blake, and for being the father of actor Daniel Day-Lewis. His early poetry , influenced by W. H. Auden, is marked by a strong left-wing political stance and the use of simple language and imagery.
Biography. Cecil Day-Lewis (who wrote as C. Day Lewis) was born in Ireland in 1904, the son of a Church of Ireland minister. The family moved to England in 1905 and his mother died three years later, when Cecil was four years old. He was looked after by his father, with whom he had a difficult relationship, and by his mother’s sister, Agnes.
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Sep 28, 2021 · The complete poems of C. Day Lewis by Day Lewis, C. (Cecil), 1904-1972. Publication date 1992 Topics English poetry Publisher Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press
Mar 31, 2012 · Books. Complete Poems. Cecil Day-Lewis. Random House, Mar 31, 2012 - Literary Criticism - 768 pages. Together with Auden, Spender and MacNeice, C. Day Lewis was one of the leading young poets who in the 1930s broke away from the poetic establishment of those days. Day Lewis started writing poetry very young and, despite an active career which ...
- Cecil Day-Lewis
- Random House, 2012
- 1448104068, 9781448104062
- Complete Poems
Walking Away. Day-Lewis’s ‘Walking Away’ explores a parent’s mixed feelings on their child’s growth, capturing the pain and pride in letting go. Topics: Adulthood, Childhood, Growing Up. Home » Cecil Day-Lewis Poems. Cecil Day-Lewis was an Irish poet who served as Poet Laureate from 1968 to 1972. His work is often related to that of ...
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