English Literature, 20th cent. to the Present: Biographies

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature Further reading

Gordon Bottomley

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Gordon Bottomley 1874–1948, English poet and dramatist, b. Yorkshire. His major artistic efforts were directed at reviving verse drama in English. Among his plays are The Crier by Night (1902), The Riding To Lithend (1909), King Lear's Wife (1915), and Gruach (1921); the latter two are "prefaces" to the action of Lear and Macbeth respectively. His volumes of poetry include A Vision of Giorgione (1910).

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

"Gordon Bottomley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

"Gordon Bottomley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bottomle.html

"Gordon Bottomley." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-Bottomle.html

Learn more about citation styles

Bottomley, Gordon

The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature | 2003 | | Copyright

Bottomley, Gordon (1874–1948), poet. His first volume of poems, The Mickle Drede, appeared in 1896, and his work was included in E. Marsh's first volume of Georgian Poetry in 1912. Poems of Thirty Years (1925) show the marked influence of Shelley. Of his poetic plays King Lear's Wife (1915) and Gruach (1921) were the most successful.

Cite this article
Pick a style below, and copy the text for your bibliography.

MLA
Chicago
APA

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bottomley, Gordon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bottomley, Gordon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BottomleyGordon.html

MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Bottomley, Gordon." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-BottomleyGordon.html

Learn more about citation styles

Free newspaper and magazine articles

	BOTTOMLEY JOINS IN WARNING TO PAPERS ON PRIVACY. Newspaper article from: Daily Mail (London); 10/11/1996
	GOLF: Edwards and Ellis ca rry North hopes; PGA region event gets under way... Newspaper article from: Daily Post (Liverpool, England); 9/2/2003
	Stars from the past tumble out of Open; GOLF: EARLY CASULATIES IN THE BID TO... Newspaper article from: Coventry Evening Telegraph (England); 7/11/2000