Abstract
This article offers the first comprehensive overview of the cosmopolitan Symbolist poet Launcelot Cranmer-Byng (1872–1945), who was active from the 1890s through to the late 1930s. Tracking his creative and translational practice from the French, Portuguese, and Chinese, I argue that his work offers us a much more expansive and transnational mode of Symbolism than those that dominate the scholarship to date. Writing under pseudonyms, ranging from drama to poetic ‘renderings’ and the creative essay, Cranmer-Byng developed an idiosyncratic oeuvre that saw Symbolism as a universal means of expressing vitalism and hope in an increasingly bleak world.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 38-61 |
Journal | Modern Language Review |
Volume | 120 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 Jan 2025 |
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This work is licensed under Queen’s Research Publications and Copyright Policy.Keywords
- Launcelot Cranmer-Byng
- symbolism