The Flax of Dream
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| Author | Henry Williamson |
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| Country | United Kingdom |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Published | 1921–1928 |
The Flax of Dream is a novel tetralogy by the English writer Henry Williamson. It portrays Willie Maddison and his career in rural Devon, as he tries to write a book about spiritual and political renewal, and during World War I.[1]
The novels are partially autobiographical; Williamson described Maddison as his "brother".[2] The series was influenced by the works of the nature writer Richard Jefferies, both stylistically and in its pantheistic themes.[3][4]
The series consists of The Beautiful Years (1921), Dandelion Days (1922), The Dream of Fair Women: A Tale of Youth after the Great War (1924) and The Pathway (1928). It was first published in a single volume in 1936.[3]
References
- ^ Head, Dominic (2017). Modernity and the English Rural Novel. Cambridge University Press. pp. 37–43. ISBN 9781107039131.
- ^ Sutherland, John (2012). Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives. Yale University Press. ISBN 9780300182439.
- ^ a b Erll, Astrid (2020). "Williamson, Henry: The Flax of Dream". In Arnold, H.L. (ed.). Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_17404-1.
- ^ Cavaliero, Glen (1977). "The Land of Lost Content: Henry Williamson, Llewelyn Powys". The Rural Tradition in the English Novel 1900–1939. London: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-03351-5_8.