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C Day-Lewis - A Life (Hardcover)
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C Day-Lewis - A Life (Hardcover)
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How unfair", wrote one national newspaper in 1951, 'that
accomplishments enough to satisfy the pride of six men should be
united in Mr Day-Lewis.' Poet, translator of classical texts,
novelist, detective writer (under the pen-name Nicholas Blake),
performer and, at that time, Professor of Poetry at Oxford, C.
Day-Lewis had many careers all at once. This first authorised
biography tells the private story behind the many headlines that
this handsome, charming Anglo-Irish Poet Laureate generated in his
lifetime. With unparalleled access to Day-Lewis' archives and the
recollections of first-hand witnesses, Peter Stanford traces the
link between life and art to reassess the work of a poet lauded in
his lifetime but whose literary reputation has latterly become a
matter of controversy, with Westminster Abbey refusing him the
place in Poets' Corner traditionally allotted to Poets Laureate.
Day-Lewis first made his name as one of the 'poets of the
thirties', launching a communist-influenced poetic revolution
alongside WH Auden and Stephen Spender that aspired to spark
wholesale political change to face down fascism. In the 1940s, 'Red
Cecil', as he had become known, broke with communism and Auden and
went on to produce some of his most popular and enduring verse,
prompted by his long love affair with the novelist Rosamond
Lehmann. Torn between her and his wife, he reflected on his double
life in verse and became for some the supreme poet of the divided
heart. Later, with his second wife, the actress Jill Balcon, he
promoted poetry with a series of popular recitals and radio and
television programmes. Together, they had two children, Tamasin and
Daniel, later an Oscar-winning actor. Day-Lewis was always pulled
between a fulfilling domestic life and a restless desire to
explore. His travels, exploration of his Irish roots and his
infidelities are all part of the rich and many-faceted life that
Peter Stanford describes. It is, however, as a poet that he is best
remembered and the poetry itself, often autobiographical, forms an
integral part of this intriguing and long-overdue biography.
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