Memoirs of the Forties (Masterplots II: Nonfiction Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Julian Maclaren-Ross
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Memoir
- Time of Work: The 1940’s
- Setting: London
- Principal Characters: Julian Maclaren Ross, Graham Greene, Cyril Connolly, Dylan Thomas, J. Meary Tambimuttu, Alun Lewis
- Genres: Nonfiction, Memoir
- Subjects: Authors or writers, Literature, 1940’s, City life, Bohemianism
Form and Content
Reminiscent of such colorful personalities as Marcel Proust and Oscar Wilde, Julian Maclaren-Ross, with his teddy-bear fur coat, malacca cane, white corduroy jacket, dark glasses, and lapel carnation, fit well into the bohemian atmosphere of the London literary scene of the 1940’s. More important than the image he may have cut, however, is the fact that he was both a participant in and an observer of that scene, and, although he never fancied himself an official historian, his Memoirs of the Forties may be read as a kind of chronicle of Grub...
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