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- catalog abstract ""Rex Warner was considered a literary legend in the 1930s and 1940s. His works remain powerful reflections on the turbulent politics of the period. Fiercer Than Tigers explores the composition, reception, and significance of Rex Warner's work, as well as his personal life; his friendships with C. Day-Lewis and W.H. Auden, contemporary Greek writers; and his intellectual journeys and political beliefs. Most noteworthy are his translation of Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War, which sold nearly one million copies, his historical novels, original fiction including The Wild Goose Chase and The Aerodrome, and translations that contributed to poet George Seferis' winning of the Nobel Prize." "Tabachnick's personal acquaintance with Rex Warner, his access to unpublished sources in repositories and private hands in the United States, Greece, and England, and his many interviews with Warner's former friends, colleagues, students, and relatives, provide a firm basis for his discussion of Warner's life and works. Fiercer Than Tigers offers new insight into the career of an unjustly neglected writer and illuminates the historical period through which he passed."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b12452233.
- catalog created "2002.".
- catalog date "2002".
- catalog date "2002.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
- catalog description ""Rex Warner was considered a literary legend in the 1930s and 1940s. His works remain powerful reflections on the turbulent politics of the period. Fiercer Than Tigers explores the composition, reception, and significance of Rex Warner's work, as well as his personal life; his friendships with C. Day-Lewis and W.H. Auden, contemporary Greek writers; and his intellectual journeys and political beliefs. Most noteworthy are his translation of Thucydides' The Peloponnesian War, which sold nearly one million copies, his historical novels, original fiction including The Wild Goose Chase and The Aerodrome, and translations that contributed to poet George Seferis' winning of the Nobel Prize." "Tabachnick's personal acquaintance with Rex Warner, his access to unpublished sources in repositories and private hands in the United States, Greece, and England, and his many interviews with Warner's former friends, colleagues, students, and relatives, provide a firm basis for his discussion of Warner's life and works. Fiercer Than Tigers offers new insight into the career of an unjustly neglected writer and illuminates the historical period through which he passed."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 437-449) and index.".
- catalog extent "iv, 522 p., [8] p. of plates :".
- catalog hasFormat "Fiercer than tigers.".
- catalog identifier "087013552X".
- catalog isFormatOf "Fiercer than tigers.".
- catalog issued "2002".
- catalog issued "2002.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "East Lansing : Michigan State University Press,".
- catalog relation "Fiercer than tigers.".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain".
- catalog subject "828/.91209 B 21".
- catalog subject "Authors, English 20th century Biography.".
- catalog subject "Classicists Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "PR6045.A78 Z9 2002".
- catalog subject "Translators Great Britain Biography.".
- catalog subject "Warner, Rex, 1905-1986.".
- catalog title "Fiercer than tigers : the life and work of Rex Warner / by Stephen E. Tabachnick.".
- catalog type "Biography. fast".
- catalog type "text".