Squire, J.C.

Poems: First Series.

First Edition. London, Martin Secker, 1918. Octavo. 116 pages. Original Hardcover. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear.

Sir John Collings Squire (2 April 1884 – 20 December 1958) was a British poet, writer, historian, and influential literary editor of the post-World War I period. His writings mostly discuss common experiences. n in Plymouth, he was educated at Blundell’s School and St. John’s College, Cambridge. He was one of those published in the Georgian poetry collections of Edward Marsh. His own Selections from Modern Poets anthology series, launched in 1921, became definitive of the conservative style of Georgian poetry. He began reviewing for The New Age; through his wife he had met Alfred Orage. His literary reputation was first made by a flair for parody, in a column Imaginary Speeches in The New Age from 1909. Squire was knighted in 1933, and after leaving the London Mercury in 1934, he became a reader for Macmillans, the publishers; in 1937, he became a reviewer for the Illustrated London News. (Wikipedia).

• Keywords: From the Archive / Library of John and Hilary Wakeman [Poetry Magazine THE SHOP] · John & Hilary Wakeman Poetry Collection · Library & Collection Building · Poetry – Rare · Wakeman Poetry Collection & Archive
• Language: English
• Inventory Number: 43497AB