| | 1 | Author: | Doyle, Arthur Conan | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Living English Poets: A. Conan Doyle  | | | | Published: | 1997 | | | | Subjects: | University of Virginia Library, Text collection | UVA-LIB-Text | | | | Description: | Dr. A. Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh in 1859. He went to
school at Stonyhurst in Lancashire, then studied in Germany, and finally
completed his medical education at the University of Edinburgh. He
has been an extensive traveler, visiting Africa, the Arctic seas, and many
parts of Europe. His first story was accepted when he was nineteen
years old, and his first book, A Study in Scarlet, was sold outright for
*25. Then came Micah Clarke, The Sign of the Four, The White
Company—and so his reputation as one of the most popular English
novelists was firmly established. It is said that Dr. Doyle's detective
stories were what first brought him to the attention of Americans. That
they rank with the best ever written is generally recognized. Although
chiefly known as a story-teller, Dr. Doyle has been an occasional
contributor of verse to the leading English and American magazines for
years. A collection of verse was published in England several years ago
and republished in this country, in 1898, by Doubleday, McClure &
Co., under the title Songs of Action. Many of his poems have never
appeared in book form. The vivid imagination, clearness of expression,
and intense interest that distinguish his prose are marked characteristics
of his verse. The selections reprinted here are chiefly from the
American edition of Songs of Action. | | | Similar Items: | Find |
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