John Povey was born in London and educated in England and South Africa. He is at present Professor of English and Director of the Center for African Studies at the University of California at Los Angeles.
Roy Campbell (1901-1957) was a South African Catholic writer. He converted to Catholicism after witnessing monks being massacred by communist forces during the Spanish Civil war. He was the first poet of note to publish a complete translation of Baudelaire's "Les Fleurs du Mal". Campbell served in the British Army during WWII. He made Portugal his home in later life, which is where he died in 1957. Campbell was a close friend of Wyndham Lewis and T.S. Eliot, as well as an associate of J.R.R. Tolkien and George Orwell.
Author(s): John Povey
Series: Twayne's World Author Series - A Survey of the World's Literature
Edition: First
Publisher: Twayne Publishers, G.K. Hall & Co.
Year: 1977
Language: English
Pages: 248
City: Boston
Tags: biography, poetry, south africa
About the Author
Preface
Chronology
1.Light on a Dark Horse 11
2.Early Poems 41
3.The Making of a Poet: Adamastor 59
4.Campbell versus Bloomsbury: The Georgiad 95
5.Lyrics and Bullfighting 107
6.Spain and the War: Flowering Rifle 128
7.London Years: Talking Bronco 170
8.Last Poems 195
9.Translations 200
10.The Critics' View 215
Notes and References 223
Selected Bibliography 227
Index 231
