Although today his criticism is more likely to be read than his poetry, Lascelles Abercrombie was regarded as one of the leading poets of the Georgian group that dominated English poetry during the second decade of the twentieth century. Abercrombie...

Since the moment in 1919 that Mary Lascelles arrived at Lady Margaret Hall from Sherborne School for Girls, Oxford was her spiritual and, for all but a few years, her actual home. She was Tutor in English at Somerville College for 30 years and...

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In the following essay, Parker places Abercrombie within the historical context of his contemporaries and discusses his critical reception.

In the following excerpt, Sturgeon examines the ways in which Abercrombie's poetry represents the age in which it was written.

In the following essay, Fisher discusses how Abercrombie's plays convey “symbolic realism” through his frequent use of metaphorical language and symbolic settings, as well as by choosing anti-heroic themes and characters.