R. J. Dent
Encyclopedia
R J Dent is an English writer of fiction
and non-fiction
.
His stories, poems and essays have appeared in a variety of magazines, journals and periodicals, including Writer’s Muse, Orbis, Chanticleer, Agenda, Panda, Roundyhouse, Quazen, Authspot, and Philosophy Now. His translations of the poems of Alcaeus
and of Charles Baudelaire
have appeared in Acumen and Inclement.
His first novel, Myth
ISBN 1843862670, is a dark, erotic fantasy set on a Greek
island. It was published by Pegasus in July 2006.
He has also translated Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil, and Alcaeus’s Poems and Fragments into English.
His influences are J. G. Ballard
, Angela Carter
, William S. Burroughs
and Ayn Rand
, amongst others.
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
and non-fiction
Non-fiction
Non-fiction is the form of any narrative, account, or other communicative work whose assertions and descriptions are understood to be fact...
.
His stories, poems and essays have appeared in a variety of magazines, journals and periodicals, including Writer’s Muse, Orbis, Chanticleer, Agenda, Panda, Roundyhouse, Quazen, Authspot, and Philosophy Now. His translations of the poems of Alcaeus
Alcaeus
Alcaeus may refer to:*Alcaeus , a writer of ten plays of the Old Comedy.*Alcaeus , one of several figures of this name in Greek mythology*12607 Alcaeus - a main belt asteroid...
and of Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
have appeared in Acumen and Inclement.
His first novel, Myth
Myth (novel)
Myth ISBN 1843862670 is a dark erotic fantasy, the first novel by English writer R. J. Dent. It was published by Vanguard/Pegasus in July 2006. -Plot synopsis:...
ISBN 1843862670, is a dark, erotic fantasy set on a Greek
Greece
Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....
island. It was published by Pegasus in July 2006.
He has also translated Baudelaire’s The Flowers of Evil, and Alcaeus’s Poems and Fragments into English.
His influences are J. G. Ballard
J. G. Ballard
James Graham Ballard was an English novelist, short story writer, and prominent member of the New Wave movement in science fiction...
, Angela Carter
Angela Carter
Angela Carter was an English novelist and journalist, known for her feminist, magical realism, and picaresque works...
, William S. Burroughs
William S. Burroughs
William Seward Burroughs II was an American novelist, poet, essayist and spoken word performer. A primary figure of the Beat Generation and a major postmodernist author, he is considered to be "one of the most politically trenchant, culturally influential, and innovative artists of the 20th...
and Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand
Ayn Rand was a Russian-American novelist, philosopher, playwright, and screenwriter. She is known for her two best-selling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged and for developing a philosophical system she called Objectivism....
, amongst others.
Short stories
- A Triumph (2002) Writer’s Muse
- Jordy Michaels Leaps the Great Divide (2004) Philosophy Now
- More to the Picture (2006) Writer’s Muse
- Chest of Wonders (2006) Express Art Gallery
- Mimique (2007) AWEN
- 9/11 Considered as the First Turn in a Game of Darts (2007) Authspot
- The Purple Butterfly (2008) Writer’s Muse
- For Heart’s Sake (2008) Authspot
- Yellow Bandana (2008) Authspot
- The Short Story (2008) Writinghood
- Tally (2008) Authspot
- Windows (2008) Authspot
- On The Bus (2008) Authspot
- The Six Letters of Henry VIII (2008) Authspot
- Echoes (2008) Authspot
Translations
- Charles BaudelaireCharles BaudelaireCharles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century...
: The Flowers of Evil (2009) - Alcaeus: Poems and Fragments (2007)
Essays
- A Collaboration of Unlike Minds: Robert GravesRobert GravesRobert von Ranke Graves 24 July 1895 – 7 December 1985 was an English poet, translator and novelist. During his long life he produced more than 140 works...
’ and William BlakeWilliam BlakeWilliam Blake was an English poet, painter, and printmaker. Largely unrecognised during his lifetime, Blake is now considered a seminal figure in the history of both the poetry and visual arts of the Romantic Age...
’s The Tyger (2006) Roundyhouse - You who magically make supple the old bones of the after-hours drunkard trampled by the horses’ – an essay on translating (2006) Agenda
- Violence and exquisite beauty – the aesthetics of Roy CampbellRoy Campbell (poet)Ignatius Royston Dunnachie Campbell, better known as Roy Campbell, was an Anglo-African poet and satirist. He was considered by T. S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas and Edith Sitwell to have been one of the best poets of the period between the First and Second World Wars...
(2006) Agenda - J. G. Ballard and the fiction of enclosed space (2007) Quazen
- The Life, Death and Afterlife of Richard BachmanRichard BachmanRichard Bachman is a pseudonym used by horror fiction author Stephen King.-Origin:At the beginning of Stephen King's career, the general view among publishers was such that an author was limited to a book every year, since publishing more would not be acceptable to the public...
(2007) Quazen