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Leslie Stephen
Originally published in 1937, this book presents the content of the Leslie Stephen Lecture for that year, which was delivered by Desmond MacCarthy at Cambridge University. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in the life of Leslie Stephen and literary criticism.
46 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1974
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Desmond MacCarthy
65 books3 followersSir (Charles Otto) Desmond MacCarthy (1877–1952) was an English literary critic.
MacCarthy was born in Plymouth, Devon, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he got to know Lytton Strachey, Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore and though often thought to be a member of the "Bloomsbury Group" he in fact had a wider circle of friends including Logan Pearsall Smith.
He became a journalist in 1903 with moderate success and during World War I spent some time in Naval Intelligence. He joined the New Statesman as drama critic in 1917 and in 1920 became its literary editor.
He wrote a weekly column under the pen-name "The Affable Hawk". During this time he recruited Cyril Connolly to the paper. By 1928 he was losing interest in the New Statesman, and became the first editor of Life and Letters. Other periodicals he was associated with were New Quarterly and Eye Witness. MacCarthy became a literary critic for the Sunday Times, and several volumes of his collected criticism were published. He was author of the short ghost story "Pargiton and Harby", reprinted in the Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories.
MacCarthy married Mollie, the daughter of Francis Warre Warre-Cornish. She was a highly respected literary figure in her own right. Her sister Cecilia married William Wordsworth Fisher. The MacCarthys' daughter Rachel married Lord David Cecil; their son is the actor Jonathan Cecil.
He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
MacCarthy was born in Plymouth, Devon, and educated at Eton College and Trinity College, Cambridge. At Cambridge he got to know Lytton Strachey, Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore and though often thought to be a member of the "Bloomsbury Group" he in fact had a wider circle of friends including Logan Pearsall Smith.
He became a journalist in 1903 with moderate success and during World War I spent some time in Naval Intelligence. He joined the New Statesman as drama critic in 1917 and in 1920 became its literary editor.
He wrote a weekly column under the pen-name "The Affable Hawk". During this time he recruited Cyril Connolly to the paper. By 1928 he was losing interest in the New Statesman, and became the first editor of Life and Letters. Other periodicals he was associated with were New Quarterly and Eye Witness. MacCarthy became a literary critic for the Sunday Times, and several volumes of his collected criticism were published. He was author of the short ghost story "Pargiton and Harby", reprinted in the Fourth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories.
MacCarthy married Mollie, the daughter of Francis Warre Warre-Cornish. She was a highly respected literary figure in her own right. Her sister Cecilia married William Wordsworth Fisher. The MacCarthys' daughter Rachel married Lord David Cecil; their son is the actor Jonathan Cecil.
He is buried at the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge.
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November 10, 2011
Over-all unimpressive, more of a lightly edited selection from Leslie Stephen's works instead of an informative study or memoir
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