Louis MacNeice (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Jon Stallworthy
- First Published: 1995
- Type of Work: Literary biography
- Time of Work: 1907-1963
- Setting: Ireland, England, America
- Principal Characters: Louis MacNeice, John Frederick MacNeice, Mary, Hedli, Anthony Blunt, W. H. Auden, Eleanor Clark, E. R. Dodds, T. S. Eliot, Mary Wimbush
- Genres: Criticism, Nonfiction, Biography
- Subjects: Maturation or coming of age, Literature, Poetry or poets, Mental illness, Intermarriage, Mental retardation, Terrorism or terrorists, Ireland or Irish people, Jews and Gentiles, Protestantism or Protestant churches
- Locales: United States, England, Ireland
Frederick Louis MacNeice was born on September 12, 1907, in Belfast, Northern Ireland, where his father was rector of Trinity Church. Less than a year later, the family moved to Carrickfergus, a town situated about ten miles from Belfast. The move proved difficult because St. Nicholas’ Church had just lost its revered rector and could not agree on the nomination of his successor. John MacNeice arrived as the bishop’s man, resented by a community that had not been consulted on his selection. Although he offered to withdraw if that was the bishop’s wish, John MacNeice would not bow...
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