A novel about one mans life and career. The main theme is the contradiction between the need for authority and the distaste for power. It is also the choice between fighting cruelty and falsehood by passive resistance or by direct action.
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British writer Angus Wilson achieved fame in the late 1940s for two collections of short fiction. It was, however, the publication of Hemlock and After in 1953 that transformed him from an admired up-and-coming author to a scandalous novelist. A witty and scathing look at English literary life, Wilson's novel details the life of Bernard Sands, a noted homosexual English novelist who discovers that neither his fame nor his closet is very secure. Wilson was one of the first to write honestly and openly about gay life in post-war England, and Hemlock and After remains a classic of psychological insight and social satire.
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One of Britain's most distinguished novelists Sir Angus Wilson was born in 1913. Educated at Westminster and Merton College, Oxford he joined the British Museum as a cataloguer before being called for service in 1941. His literary career began with a collection of short-stories published in 1949. These were followed by other short-story collections, novels and plays. Co-founder with Malcolm Bradbury of the MA programme in creative writing at the University of East Anglia, Wilson was appointed professor in 1967. Chair of many literary panels, including the Booker prize, and campaigner for homosexual equality he was knighted in 1980. He died in 1991.
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I thing this novel poses the interesting question: Is it better to do the right thing for the wrong reason, or is it better to do nothing at all? I very much enjoyed the book and have kept it in my library for rereading.
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I did not like this book at all. Granted that the author comes from a social class I do not like, but his writing fails to appeal to me when other books on upper classes do appeal to me.
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OF all the communications that Bernard Sands received on the day of his triumph the one which gave him the greatest satisfaction was the Treasury's final confirmation of official financial backing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vardon Hall, Sir Lionel, Hubert Rose, Celia Craddock, Terence Lambert, Charles Murley, Lionel Dowding, Leicester Square, Louie Randall, Miss Mouse, Sherman Winter, National Trust, Uncle Bill, Great Mother, The Player Queen New!
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OF all the communications that Bernard Sands received on the day of his triumph the one which gave him the greatest satisfaction was the Treasury's final confirmation of official financial backing. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Vardon Hall, Sir Lionel, Hubert Rose, Celia Craddock, Terence Lambert, Charles Murley, Lionel Dowding, Leicester Square, Louie Randall, Miss Mouse, Sherman Winter, National Trust, Uncle Bill, Great Mother, The Player Queen New!
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- Hemlock and After by Angus Wilson in Front Matter (1), Front Matter (2), and Front Matter (3)
- Prometheus Unbound by Percy Bysshe Shelley on page 70
- Sleeping Beauty by Gill Davies on page 86
- New Writing: v. 2 by Malcolm Bradbury on page 23
- Anglo-Saxon Attitudes (New York Review Books Classics) by Angus Wilson in Front Matter
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- The Cambridge Introduction to Modern British Fiction, 1950-2000 (Cambridge Introductions to Literature) by Dominic Head on 4 pages
- On Modern British Fiction by Zachary Leader on 4 pages
- On Modern British Fiction by Zachary Leader on 4 pages
- British Culture of the Post-War: An Introduction to Literature and Society 1945-1999 by Alastair Davies on 4 pages
- On Sexuality and Power (Between Men~Between Women: Lesbian and Gay Studies) by Alan Sinfield on page 26, page 134, and page 158
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