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Walter de la Mare , 1873-1956, English poet and novelist. For many years he worked in the accounting department of the Anglo-American Oil Company. Much of his verse and prose shows delight in imaginative excursions into the shadowed world between the real and the unreal. Included among his books of poetry are Songs of Childhood (1902), The Listeners (1912), Peacock Pie (1913), Poems for Children (1930), and The Fleeting and Other Poems (1933). His fiction includes Henry Brocken (1904), The Return (1910), Memoirs of a Midget (1921), and On the Edge (1930), a collection of somewhat macabre short stories.

Bibliography: See J. Atkins, Walter de la Mare: An Exploration (1975); D. Cecil, Walter de la Mare (1978).

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de la Mare, Walter (1873–1956) English poet, short-story writer and anthologist. His technically accomplished collections of poems include Songs of Childhood (1902), Peacock Pie (1913), Winged Chariot (1951), and the anthology Come Hither (1923). His prose includes the novel Memoirs of a Midget (1921) and the collection of stories On the Edge (1930).

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