Rupert Brooke

Life, Death and Myth

Nigel Jones

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English

Head of Zeus
06 January 2015

Biography; Biography: general; Literary studies: from c 1900 -; Literary studies: poetry & poets

Paragon of youthful beauty, romantic symbol of a lost England, and precociously gifted poet, Rupert Chawner Brooke died in a hospital ship off the Aegean island of Skyros in April 1915, aged just 27. All England mourned his passing.

But behind the glow of myth lies a darker reality. At the height of his promise a disappointment in love triggered a mental and physical collapse that brought his inner complexities to the surface. Letters reveal a man who was sexually ambivalent, misogynistic, anti-Semitic – and sometimes alarmingly unstable.

This revised edition of Nigel Jones's admired biography, including an account of a previously unknown affair of Brooke's, reveals a more conflicted and troubled individual than the gilded Adonis of English literary myth.

By: Nigel Jones
Imprint: Head of Zeus
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 51mm
Weight: 953g
ISBN: 9781781857168
ISBN 10: 1781857164
Pages: 480
Publication Date: 06 January 2015
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Author Website: http://www.wardmccandlish.co.uk/AuthorPhoto/HeadofZeus/Nigel_Jones.jpg

Nigel Jones is the author of TOWER and PEACE AND WAR: BRITAIN IN 1914. A former editor at History Today and BBC history magazines, He has appeared on historical documentaries on TV and radio.

Reviews for Rupert Brooke: Life, Death and Myth

Intelligent, witty and definitive: this is literary biography at its best -- Andrew Roberts This book is more than another contribution to the Great War centenary... This is a big book about a short life that has a great deal to say about those who ran the Empire' * The Herald * Poignant and illuminating, this is a fascinating study of the poet, his era, and the creation of a myth' * Editor's Choice for the Good Book Guide * Jones's shocking 1990 biography is updated but is still the myth-buster to beat all myth-busters * Sunday Herald * This closely observed account of the poet and his privileged milieu is an absorbing read * The Independent *