Book Robert bridges

Despite holding the Laureateship from 1913 to his death in 1930 Robert Bridges is better known today as the editor and champion of his friend Gerard Manley Hopkins than as a poet in his own right In this the first full length biography Catherine Phillips seeks to redress the balance byfocusing on Bridges s long and full life and on his achievements as a poet and literary commentator Interested throughout his life in orthography and etymology he co founded the Society for Pure English in 1913 while his fascination with science philosophy music and literature led tofriendships with Roger Fry W. Book Robert bridges B Yeats Hopkins and George Santayana Drawing on previously unpublished material and family archives this is a revealing study of a complex and troubled man and the times in which he lived Robert Bridges A Biography