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The E-BNR aims to build a comprehensive & unique cross-artform guide to
the British neo-Romantic tradition,
from 1880 to the present day.
While the British Romantics of 1789-1824 have spawned a vast industry of
publishers, conferences & tourism, the later neo-Romantic traditions
remain largely neglected. The E-BNR is aimed at bringing this hidden
tradition to light.
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WHAT IS NEO-ROMANTICISM ?
Neo-Romantic artists have drawn their inspiration
from artists of the age of Romanticism or earlier.
Characteristic themes in their work include a
mystical approach to the British landscape...
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ENTRY: Blackwood, Algernon
Algernon Henry Blackwood (b. March 14, 1869 – d. December 10, 1951) was an English writer of
tales of the supernatural.
Although Blackwood wrote a number of horror stories, his most typical work seeks
less to frighten than to induce a sense of awe. Good examples are the novels The Centaur, which
climaxes with a traveller's sight of a herd of the mythical creatures;
and Julius LeVallon and its sequel The Bright Messenger, which deal
with reincarnation and the possibility of a new, mystical evolution in human consciousness.
Born in Shooter's Hill (today part of south-east London, but then part of north-west Kent)
and schooled at Wellington College, Algernon Blackwood had a varied career; farming in Canada,
operating a hotel, and working as a newspaper reporter in New York City before moving back
to England and starting to write ghost/horror stories. He was very successful, writing ten books of
short stories and appearing on both radio and television to tell them. He also wrote fourteen
novels and a number of plays, most of which were produced but not published. He was an avid
lover of nature, and many of his stories reflect this.
Blackwood wrote an autobiography of his early years, Episodes Before Thirty (1923).
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