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Norman Douglas
Norman Douglas (George Norman Douglas), 1868–1952, British novelist and essayist, b. Scotland. He spent the years from 1894 to 1896 in diplomatic service in Russia but resigned from the foreign service in 1896. His masterpiece, South Wind (1917), which is set on Nepenthe, an invented Mediterranean island much like Capri, satirizes everything from colonial history to conventional morality. Other works include Old Calabria (1915), In the Beginning (1927), and Good-bye to Western Culture (1930). Written in a witty, conversational style, all Douglas's works reveal his erudition and his genuine appreciation of the Mediterranean area.
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"Norman Douglas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Norman Douglas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DouglN.html "Norman Douglas." The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed.. 2011. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1E1-DouglN.html |
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Douglas, (George) Norman
Douglas, (George) Norman (1868–1952), novelist and essayist, is chiefly remembered for his travel books about Capri, Tunisia, and Calabria, published as Siren Land (1911), Fountains in the Sand (1912), and Old Calabria (1915), and for his novel South Wind (1917), which celebrates the pleasures of the hedonistic life on the island of Nepenthe.
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MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Douglas, (George) Norman." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. 1 Jun. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Douglas, (George) Norman." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Encyclopedia.com. (June 1, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DouglasGeorgeNorman.html MARGARET DRABBLE and JENNY STRINGER. "Douglas, (George) Norman." The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature. 2003. Retrieved June 01, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O54-DouglasGeorgeNorman.html |
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