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Edward Lewis Davison (1898-1970) was a Scottish poet and academic.
Life[]
Davison was born in Glasgow.
He emigrated to the United States in 1925, and became an academic at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where he was involved in the Colorado Writers 1937 conference. He was a friend of Robert Frost.[1]
Poet Peter Davison is his son.[2]
He was widely published as a poet in the 1920s, was featured in the J.C. Squire anthologies Selections from Modern Poets, and became known as a writer of sonnets.
Recognition[]
His "Be Thou At Peace" has been set to music by John Raynor.
Publications[]
Poetry[]
- Poems. London: George Bell, 1920.
- Poems by Four Authors (J.R. Ackerley, A.Y. Campbell, Edward Davison, and Frank Kendon). Cambridge, UK: Bowes & Bowes, 1923.
- Harvest of Youth. New York & London: Harper, 1926.
- The Heart's Unreason. London: Gollancz, 1931.
- The Ninth Witch, and other poems. New York & London: Harper, 1932.
- Nine Poems. New York: privately printed, 1937.
- Collected Poems, 1917-1939. New York & London: Harper, 1940.
Non-fiction[]
- Some Modern Poets, and other critical essays. New York & London: Harper, 1928.
Edited[]
- Cambridge Poets, 1914-1920: an anthology. Cambridge, UK: W. Heffer, 1920.
Except where noted, bibliographical information courtesy WorldCat.[3]
Anthologized[]
- The Best Poems of 1922, Thomas Moult, Brace, 1923.
- Oxford Book of Modern Verse (edited by W.B. Yeats).Oxford: Clarendon, 1936.
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ Robert Frost: A Life, Jay Parini, Macmillan, 2000, ISBN 9780805063417
- ↑ Peter Davison 1928-2004, Poetry Foundation. Web, June 29, 2014.
- ↑ Search results = au:Edward Lewis Davison, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, June 29, 2014.
External links[]
- Books
- Edward Lewis Davison at Amazon.com
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