Sylvia Townsend Warner: A Biography - Tapa dura

Physical description; 358 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm. Notes; Bibliography: p. 323-344. Summary; Sylvia Townsend Warner, who died in 1978, was a poet, novelist and writer of short stories. This biography makes use of her previously unpublished diaries, and those of her friend and lover, Valentine Ackland. It covers her early life as a musicologist and composer, her years as an active member of the Communist Party, her literary successes and her relationship with Valentine Ackland. Claire Harman edited "Collected Poems of Sylvia Townsend Warner" and "Selected Poems". Subjects; Warner, Sylvia Townsend 1893-1978 - Biography. Authors, English - 20th century - Biography. English literature - Warner, Sylvia Townsend - 1893-1978 - Biographies. Literary studies: from c 1900 -. Lesbian studies ; Women's studies. English. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General. Warner, Sylvia Townsend.