Resuming Maurice and other essays on writers and celebrity Mosley, Philip creator author. text biography pau 2020 2020 monographic eng print xii, 127 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm "A collection of personal essays on greater and lesser known writers whose lives and careers have sparked some of the author's own literary and historical interests"-- Resuming Maurice: Maeterlinck and literary celebrity -- Out of Denmark: Karen Blixen -- Review from the rectory: Whitwell Elwin -- A cultivating pen: Vita Sackville-West -- Modern romantics: Dylan Thomas and George Barker -- A mightier pen: Ngugi wa Thiong'o -- Roaring through life: John Seymour -- Butterfly and tiger: Octavio Paz and Rosario Castellanos -- A gentlewoman abroad: Virginia Haggard -- Change and the modern churchman: J. K. Nettlefold -- Waxing lyrical: Ned Washington. Philip Mosley. Includes index. Authors 20th century Celebrities 20th century Authorship Authors Authorship Celebrities 1900-1999 fast PN452 .M67 2020 809 9780802313645 0802313647 2020003401 pda,print DLC 200213 20250318223742.8 in00004237654 eng