This Green Tide
Dobrée, Valentine

Dobrée, Valentine. This Green Tide. London: Faber and Faber, 1965. Printed by The Alden Press, Oxford. 71 pages. Volumes: 1 volume. First Edition. 12,7 cm. x 19 cm.
Condition: Fine. Hardcover with Dust Jacket.

SUMMARY:
FRONT JACKET TEXT:
In this sequence of poems Mrs Dobrée makes a retrospective and deeply-felt assessment of the life of the individual in modern civilization.
There has been a long interval since the publication of Mrs Dobrée’s earlier, prose work but her admirers will remember “Your Cuckoo Sings by Kind”, “The Emperor’s Tigers” and “To Blush Unseen”.
This Green Tide is her first volume of verse.’

Valentine Dobrée was a painter, sculptor, writer and poet; from figure paintings in the 1920s, she later experimented with cubism, surrealism and collages. She was a friend of the writer Margaret Storm Jameson, and also connected with the Bloomsbury group.
She became the lover of Ralph Partridge, husband of Dora Carrington, who moved Valentine (actually Gladys) Dobrée into their family home at Tidmarsh..

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General

Full TitleThis Green Tide
LanguageEnglish
Original LanguageEnglish

Creators

AuthorsDobrée, Valentine

Imprint

PublisherFaber and Faber
Publishing PlaceLondon
PrinterThe Alden Press
Printing PlaceOxford
Release Year1965

Description

H x L x W12.7 x 0 x 19 cm
Pages71
Volumes1 volume
Cover FormatHardcover with Dust Jacket
ConditionFine

Editorial

EditionFirst Edition

Info

SummaryFRONT JACKET TEXT: In this sequence of poems Mrs Dobrée makes a retrospective and deeply-felt assessment of the life of the individual in modern civilization. There has been a long interval since the publication of Mrs Dobrée's earlier, prose work but her admirers will remember "Your Cuckoo Sings by Kind", "The Emperor's Tigers" and "To Blush Unseen". This Green Tide is her first volume of verse.' Valentine Dobrée was a painter, sculptor, writer and poet; from figure paintings in the 1920s, she later experimented with cubism, surrealism and collages. She was a friend of the writer Margaret Storm Jameson, and also connected with the Bloomsbury group. She became the lover of Ralph Partridge, husband of Dora Carrington, who moved Valentine (actually Gladys) Dobrée into their family home at Tidmarsh.

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SKUSKU-0981

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