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Biography

Name: Donald (Alfred) Davie
Variant Name: Donald Davie, Donald Alfred Davie
Birth Date: July 17, 1922
Death Date: September 18, 1995
Nationality: British
Gender: Male

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Biography of Donald (Alfred) Davie
8,115 words, approx. 27 pages
Donald Davie was born in Barnsley, Yorkshire, to George Clarke and Alice Sugden Davie, received his early education at Barnsley Holgate Grammar School, and spent his boyhood in "the industrially ravaged landscape," as he called it, of the West Riding....


Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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Donald Davie Information
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Donald Alfred Davie (July 17, 1922–September 18, 1995) was an English Movement poet, and literary critic. His poems in general are philosophical and abstract, but often evoke various landscapes. Davie was born in Barnsley, and served in the Navy...


News and Journals
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The Independent - London
Obituary: Donald Davies
06/07/2000: 934 words, approx. 3 pages
IN 1965 Donald Davies was struggling with the problem of using Britain's Post Office telephone network to communicate with computers. His solution, which he called "packet switching", is the fundamental technology that underpins the Internet. The problem that was perplexing Davies was that,...
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American Scholar
Donald Davie: 1922-1995.
09/22/1997: 4,135 words, approx. 14 pages
Donald Davie is a poet engaged in a stylistic conversation of the old and rich language. He also believes that conversation is not an end in itself and that, it matters only when it sheds truth. In the summer of 1994 I found...
 


Criticism and Essays
Literary Criticism
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Critical Essay by Donald Greene
6,170 words, approx. 21 pages
In the following essay, Greene emphasizes the importance of Canada to Davie's verse.
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Critical Essay by Augustine Martin
5,776 words, approx. 19 pages
In the following essay, Martin analyzes Davie's complex relationship to Ireland and how it affects his poetry.
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Critical Essay by Gregory A. Schirmer
5,283 words, approx. 18 pages
In the following essay, Schirmer considers the role of religion in Davie's work.
 


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