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English writer of plays, stories, novels, essays, poems, and criticism, De La Mare is remembered today primarily for his supernaturalist works, although he doesn't seem to be much remembered, or much read, even in that regard. Some of that may be due to two factors: (1) De La Mare can be hard to read. Although a fairly gifted prose stylist, his style is, to put it mildly, elliptical at times, and he relies rather heavily on language, much of it colloquial, that will not be familiar to most readers today, especially American readers. (2) Even once you've figured out what he's saying, De La Mare can be hard to make sense of. His works are often thematically indirect; he directly says very little (fittingly enough for an early Modern writer); there is much ambiguity and (deliberate) vagueness, leaving much of the "theme" of his works up to us to determine. This demand placed upon the reader makes him unlikely to make any best-seller lists anytime soon, which is a shame. Occasional pseudonym Walter Ramal. Walter De La Mare Database Extensive list of resources, both on- and offline, dealing with De La Mare. Very helpful; highly recommended. [Gary Crawford]
Walter De La Mare Society
Features Society info, a biographical note and chronology, bibliographies, and more, including online critical discussions (one of which is linked in the "Essays and Reviews" section below; all are worth reading for anyone interested in De La Mare).
Biographical note
[Literary Encyclopedia]
Brief biographical note
[Wikipedia]
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Part of the BBC Four: Interviews site — worth checking out on its own merits; it's a phenomenal resource — this site also features an interview w/ DeLaMare.
Brief biographical note
[First World War.com]
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[Poetry Archive]
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[From the London borough of Bromley, where De La Mare lived (in 3 different houses) for 26 years]
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[PoetSeers]
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[Columbia Encyclopedia, Bartleby]
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[U Delaware Special Collections]
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[Bibliomania]
Walter de la Mare
Thinly developed site of links and brief notes. [Humanities Web]
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[Author's Calendar]
The Magic of Walter De La Mare
Includes very brief biographical note, recommended reading list, and a little more. [Humanities Web]
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[Twickenham Museum]
Bibliography
[FantasticFiction]
Walter De La Mare Papers
Brief description [National Library of Canada]
Portraits
[National Portrait Gallery, London]
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