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Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (7 September 1887 – 9 December 1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess.
Edith Sitwell needs to be remembered not only as the bright young parodist of Façade, but as the angry chronicler of social injustice, as a poet who has found forms adequate to the atomic age and its horrors, and as a foremost poet of love. Her work displays enormous range of subject and of form.
Sep 3, 2024 · Edith Sitwell, English poet who first gained fame for her stylistic artifices but who emerged during World War II as a poet of emotional depth and profoundly human concerns. She was equally famed for her formidable personality, Elizabethan dress, and eccentric opinions.
Edith Sitwell’s ‘Still Falls the Rain’ juxtaposes London’s Blitz with Christ’s suffering, a poignant allegory of faith amidst chaos. Read Poem PDF Guide
Still falls the Rain-. Still falls the Blood from the Starved Man’s wounded Side: He bears in His Heart all wounds – those of the light that died. The last faint spark. In the self-murdered heart, the wounds of the sad, uncomprehending dark, The wounds of the baited bear –.
‘Heart and Mind’ is a poem that was written in 1944. Edith Sitwell’s best known work is the one produced during the Second World War. Read Poem. PDF Guide. Cite. Edith Sitwell. Nationality: English. Edith Sitwell was a British poet who is also remembered as a critic. She often wrote poetry to music. Poems. Poem Analyzed by Julieta Abella.
Jul 11, 2024 · Dame Edith Sitwell (September 7, 1887 – December 9, 1964) was a British poet considered one of the first of the avant-garde movement. She had an enormous influence on literature and was also known for her eccentric demeanor, bon mots, and rather pronounced, if sarcastic, opinions. As Elizabeth Bowen once said, she was “a high altar on the move.”
Edith Sitwell (1887-1964) was born into an aristocratic family and, along with her brothers, Osbert and Sacheverell, had a significant impact on the artistic life of the 20s.
Sitwell, Dame Edith Louisa (1887–1964), poet and biographer, was born at Scarborough on 7 September 1887. She was the eldest of three children born to Sir George Reresby Sitwell, fourth baronet (1860–1943), genealogist and antiquary, and his wife, Lady Ida Emily Augusta Denison (d. 1937), fourth child and third daughter of the first earl of ...
Sitwell, Edith (1887–1964) Major 20th-century British poet, awarded the title of "Dame" in recognition of her literary achievements, who was co-creator, with Sir William Walton, of the groundbreaking music and poetry "entertainment" entitled Facade. Pronunciation: SIT-well.
