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Lascelles Abercrombie

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Lascelles Abercrombie , 1881–1938, English poet and critic. Complex and cerebral in style, his poetry often expresses his distaste for 20th-century industrialism. His volumes of poetry include Interludes and Poems (1908), Emblems of Love (1912), and Collected Poems (1930). He also wrote influential critical works, notably Thomas Hardy (1912) and The Theory of Poetry (1924).

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Abercrombie, Lascelles

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Abercrombie, Lascelles (1881–1938), poet. His first volume of verse, Interludes and Poems (1908), was followed by further volumes, including Poems (1930) and the verse play The Sale of St Thomas (1931). Abercrombie contributed to Georgian Poetry and several of his verse plays appeared in New Numbers.

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