Basil de Sélincourt

Basil de Sélincourt (1877–1966) was a British essayist and journalist.^[1]

In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete, but the marriage failed, and in 1908 he married the writer Anne Douglas Sedgwick (1873–1935).^[2]

Works

• Giotto (1905)
• William Blake (1909)^[3]
• Walt Whitman A Critical Study (1914)
• The English Secret and Other Essays (1923)^[4]
• The Religion of the Spirit (1927)
• Selected Poems of William Blake (1927) editor
• Pomona or the Future of English (1928)
• Towards Peace and Other Essays Critical or Constructive (1932)
• Enjoyment of Music (Hogarth Press)
• Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters (1936)

References

1. "Basil de Selincourt (1877-1966), Journalist" UK National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
2. "Basil DE SELINCOURT / Anne Douglas SEDGWICK" Retrieved 28 August 2013.
3. "William Blake; by Basil De Selincourt" Hathi Trust Digital Library. Retrieved 28 August 2013.
4. "THE ENGLISH SECRET, and Other Essays: By Basil de Selincourt" The Spectator. Retrieved 28 August 2013.

External links

• Works by or about Basil de Sélincourt at Internet Archive