Basil de Sélincourt
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Basil de Sélincourt was a British essayist and journalist.
In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete
, but the marriage failed, and in 1908 he married the writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick
(1873–1935).
In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete
Beryl de Zoete
Beryl Drusilla de Zoete, also known as Beryl de de Sélincourt was an English ballet dancer, orientalist, dance critic, and dance researcher. She is also known as a translator of Italo Svevo....
, but the marriage failed, and in 1908 he married the writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Anne Douglas Sedgwick
Anne Douglas Sedgwick was an American-born British writer. The daughter of a businessman, she was born in Englewood, New Jersey but at age nine her family moved to London. Although she made return visits to the United States, she lived in England for the remainder of her life.In 1908, she married...
(1873–1935).
Works
- Giotto (1905)
- William Blake (1909)
- Walt Whitman A Critical Study (1914)
- The English Secret and Other Essays (1923)
- The Religion of the Spirit (1927)
- Selected Poems of William Blake (1927) editor
- Pomona or the Future of English (1928)
- Towards Peace and Other Essays Critical or Constructive (1932)
- Enjoyment of Music (Hogarth PressHogarth PressThe Hogarth Press was founded in 1917 by Leonard Woolf and Virginia Woolf. It was named after their house in Richmond, in which they began hand-printing books....
) - Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters (1936)