Ernest Dowson : Collected Shorter Fiction
Ernest Christopher Dowson (1867-1900) is best known as a the author of a number of exquisite lyrics which epitomise the mood and style of the English 1890s - verses like 'cynara' and 'They are not long'. Yet Arthur Symons was only repeating what Dowson often himself asserted when he said that 'Dowson was the only poet I ever knew who cared more for his prose than his verse'. Monica Borg's Introduction suggests for the first time what lay behind Dowson's opinion of the importance of his prose, seeing withing it a programme of aesthetic and cultural radicalism. She places him firmly in relation
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Acknowledgements
Introduction
The Diary of a Successful Man
A Case of Conscience
An Orchestral Violin
Souvenirs of an Egoist
The Statute of Limitations
Apple Blossom in Brittany
The Eyes of Pride
Countess Marie of the Angels
The Dying of Francis Donne
Notes
Further Reading