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The Life of Francis Thompson

The Life of Francis Thompson

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The Life of
Francis Thompson

By Everard Meynell




Burns & Oates Ltd
28 Orchard Street
London W
1913

To
Grazia


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[ix]

The Author's thanks are here tendered to Mother Austin of the Presentation Convent, Manchester, the Poet's sister; to Perceval Lucas and Father Austin Richmond for the fruits of research work; to Mrs. Coventry Patmore and Lewis Hind for letters and memories; and to many other kind helpers.

Contents

Chapter Page
I. The Child 1
II. The Boy 15
III. Manchester and Medicine 35
IV. London Streets 61
V. The Discovery 85
VI. Literary Beginnings 111
VII. "Poems" 135
VIII. Of Words; of Origins; of Metre 152
IX. At Monastery Gates 180
X. Mysticism and Imagination 198
XI. Patmore's Death, and "New Poems" 233
XII. Friends and Opinions 245
XIII. The Londoner 272
XIV. Communion and Excommunion 291
XV. Characteristics 308
XVI. The Closing Years 316
XVII. Last Things 339
  Index 353

Illustrations

Francis Thompson in 1895        Frontispiece
His Birthplace Facing  page 4
Francis, his Sisters and their Dolls, 1870 " " 12
St. Cuthbert's College, Ushaw " " 26
Francis Thompson in 1875 " " 34
Francis Thompson in 1877 " " 54
No. 47 Palace Court " " 134
Cast of the Poet's Hand "

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