Title: Unquiet Grave a Word Cycle
First published: November 1973
Description: Cyril Connolly (1903-1974) was one of the most influential book reviewers and critics in England, contributing regularly to The New Statesmen, The Observer, and The Sunday Times. His essays have been collected in book form and published to wide acclaim on both sides of the Atlantic. The Unquiet Grave is considered by many to be his most enduring work. It is a highly personal journal written during the devastation of World War II, filled with reflective passages that deal with aging, the break-up of a long term relationship, and the horrors of the war around him. It is also a wonderfully varied intellectual feast: a collection of aphorisms, epigrams, and quotations from such masters of European literature as Horace, Baudelaire, Sainte-Beuve, Flaubert, and Goethe. Dazzlingly original in both form and content, The Unquiet Grave has continued to influence generations of writers.
Subjects: English prose literature, Philosophy in literature, British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, thrillers, general, World war, 1939-1945, personal narratives, european, Modern Literature, History and criticism, Civilization, English literature
Time periods: 20th century
LC classification: PR6005 O393 U5 1946