Symons, Arthur, 1865-1945

Arthur Symons was an English critic and poet.

Epithet: poet and critic

Arthurs Symons was an accomplished poet, critic, short story writer, travel writer, playwright, and editor. An important figure in the development of Modernism, Symons helped acquaint British audiences with French aesthetic movements in art. A breakdown in 1908 impacted his work and has affected his literary reputation, but he remains a crucial link between 19th century tradition and 20th century innovation.

Arthur Symons was a Welsh poet, playwright, art and literary critic, essayist, translator, and biographer.

Arthur William Symons was born in 1865 and educated in Devonshire. He was a friend to many writers and artists of the “Gay Nineties” in England and France, and was himself an editor, critic, and poet who published several volumes of verse and criticism, including Symbolist Movement in Literature (1899). He contributed regularly to Athenaeum and Saturday and Fortnightly reviews, wrote plays, edited anthologies, and translated from six languages. He never fully recovered from a mental breakdown suffered in 1908. He died in 1945.

English author and critic.

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Arthur Symons, poet, editor and literary critic, author of Symbolist Movement in Literature.

Welsh poet and critic.

Arthur William Symons was born at Milford Haven on 28 February 1865. At the age of twenty-one Symons wrote his first critical work An Introduction to the Study of Browning, 1886. From 1889 Symons made frequent trips to France and became interested in its literature and art. He contributed regularly to the Athenaeum, Saturday Review and Fortnightly Review. Symons published several books of poetry including Collected Poems 1900 and The Fool of the World and other Poems 1906. In 1906 he bought Island Cottage, at Wittersham, Kent, where he died on 22 January 1945.

Welsh poet, author, translator, playwright, and literary critic.

Arthur Symons was born in Wales; as a child, his family moved often, influencing his Bohemian lifestyle as an adult. He began writing poetry at a young age, and determined to be a writer. A series of essays on Robert Browning led to An Introduction to the Study of Browning, and his career developed quickly from this point. A member of the Rhymer's Club and the Browning Society, he thought of himself as a poet, but also wrote short stories, travel books, plays, literary criticism, and biography, and edited the avant-garde journal Savoy. His translations of French works helped introduce the Symbolist Movement to England, paving the way for Modernism; he had direct and indirect influence on Yeats, Joyce, Pound, and T.S. Eliot. A severe mental breakdown impacted his work and reputation, but he is widely regarded as a crucial force in the development of Modernism.

Arthur William Symons, poet, editor, and critic, was born in Milford Haven, England, on February 28, 1865. After ending his formal schooling at sixteen, Symons became active in London's literary world and also began the extensive travels in France which would ultimately influence his writing. He joined the Rhymers' Club (a group of poets including such figures as William Butler Yeats); edited a range of literary journals; and established himself as a cultural critic with the publication of his Symbolist Movement in Literature in 1899. He authored several volumes of poetry and criticism before suffering a mental collapse in 1908. The majority of his work after this period remained unpublished except for Confessions (1930). Symons died in Wittersham, Kent on January 22, 1945.

English poet and critic.