Norman Douglas was a multifaceted man of letters, having written scientific monographs, descriptive travel literature, memoirs, and several novels. He is best known in Europe for his travel writings, ...
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Norman Douglas wrote scientific monographs, memoirs, polemics, novels, a collection of obscene limericks, and even an aphrodisiac cookbook, but he is best known as a travel writer. He spent more than ...
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In the following essay, Wheatley surveys such major works by Douglas as South Wind, Experiments, and Goodbye to Western Culture, commenting favorably on his main themes and style and comparing his mai...
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In the following essay, Webster examines Douglas's reputation and the reception of his works by critics and the general reading public. He concludes that the autobiographical nature of Douglas&...
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In the following essay, Flint surveys Douglas's career, praising his travel writings but concluding: "his literary reputation must remain a small one."
So, while her arm reste...
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Greene was one of the most popular and respected authors of the twentieth century. A prolific novelist, dramatist, critic, and essayist, he is perhaps best known for the novels Brighton Rock (1938), T...
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Connolly was a very influential English critic, nonfiction writer, and literary journal editor. In the following positive review of Old Calabria, he praises Douglas's talents as a travel writer...
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In the following excerpt, Lindeman examines Douglas's novels, discussing their plots and main themes, and relating some of the critical commentary they generated.
Douglas' three novel...
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In the following essay, Fraser examines the dispute between Douglas and Lawrence over the memoirs of Maurice Magnus, Memoirs of the Foreign Legion (1924), which Douglas wrote about in D. H. Lawrence a...
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Fussell is an outspoken American nonfiction writer, essayist, and critic whose best-known works—including The Great War and Modern Memory (1975), Class: A Guide through the American Class Syste...
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Woodcock was a highly respected and influential Canadian literary critic. In the following essay, he discusses the theme of exile in Douglas's works and in his life-
To talk of exile writers...
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Today is Wednesday, May 23, the 143rd day of 2007. There are 222 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On May 23, 1934, bank robbers Clyde Barrow and Bonnie Parker were shot to death i...
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(George) Norman Douglas
Critical Essay by Elizabeth D. Wheatley
Today in history - May 23
