A Cornishman AbroadThis book reveals, from the author's journals, his search for the culture wanting among his own peolpe. The accents are on poetry and music; history and politics were yet to come. His pilgrimage led him to France and Germany and to his friendship with Adam von Trott. The chapter on T.S. Eliot, based on his letters, reflect the literary life of the time. |
Contents
Prologue Summer in Cornwall II | 11 |
The Autumn of 1926 | 19 |
My First Acquaintance with Germany SI Chapter 3 Munich under the Weimar Republic | 69 |
Copyright | |
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