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Richard Le Gallienne

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Richard Le Gallienne 1866–1947, English man of letters. As literary critic and contributor to the Yellow Book, he was associated with the fin-de-siècle aesthetes of the 1890s before becoming a resident of the United States. His works include the poems Volumes in Folio (1889), the novel Quest of the Golden Girl (1896), and books of reminiscences, The Romantic '90's (1925) and From a Paris Garret (1936). His works were period pieces and not of lasting importance. He was the father of Eva Le Gallienne.

Bibliography: See his life and letters, ed. by R. Whittington-Egan and G. Smerdon (1960).

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Le Gallienne, Richard (1866–1947), of Channel Islands descent, became attached to the fin-de-siècle group which centred on Beardsley; he was an original member of the Rhymers' Club with Yeats, Wilde, L. Johnson, and others. He contributed to the Yellow Book, throughout the nineties wrote verse and literary criticism, and published several romantic novels, including The Quest for the Golden Girl (1896).

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Free newspaper and magazine articles

	Eva Le Galliene. Magazine article from: The Antioch Review; 3/22/1997
	The Yellow Book: A Checklist and Index.(Review)(Brief Article) Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 7/1/1999
	The vanishing man of letters. Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 8/1/2003