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Rose Macaulay

December 15, 2023

Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay, DBE (1 August 1881 – 30 October 1958) was an English writer, most noted for her award-winning novel The Towers of Trebizond, about a small Anglo-Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel.

Dame

Rose Macaulay

DBE
Pencil sketch of Rose Macaulay
BornEmilie Rose Macaulay
(1881-08-01)1 August 1881
Rugby, Warwickshire, England
Died30 October 1958(1958-10-30) (aged 77)
NationalityEnglish
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
EducationOxford High School for Girls
Alma materSomerville College, Oxford
Notable works
Notable awardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize (1956)
Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1958)
PartnerGerald O'Donovan (c. 1918–1942)

The story is seen as a spiritual autobiography, reflecting her own changing and conflicting beliefs. Macaulay's novels were partly influenced by Virginia Woolf; she also wrote biographies, travelogues and poetry.

Early years and education edit

Macaulay was born in Rugby, Warwickshire the daughter of George Campbell Macaulay, a classical scholar, and his wife, Grace Mary (née Conybeare). Her father was descended in the male-line directly from the Macaulay family of Lewis. She was educated at Oxford High School for Girls and read Modern History at Somerville College at Oxford University.[1]

Career edit

Macaulay began writing her first novel, Abbots Verney (published 1906), after leaving Somerville and while living with her parents at Ty Isaf, near Aberystwyth, in Wales. Later novels include The Lee Shore (1912), Potterism (1920), Dangerous Ages (1921), Told by an Idiot (1923), And No Man's Wit (1940), The World My Wilderness (1950), and The Towers of Trebizond (1956). Her non-fiction work includes They Went to Portugal, Catchwords and Claptrap, a biography of John Milton, and Pleasure of Ruins. Macaulay's fiction was influenced by Virginia Woolf and Anatole France.[2]

Her dystopian novel What Not (1918) deals with eugenics and misinformation in a fictional version of England. It was first published in 2018, then withdrawn and republished in 2019 with some passages removed.[3][4]

During World War I Macaulay worked in the British Propaganda Department, after some time as a nurse and later as a civil servant in the War Office. She pursued a romantic affair with Gerald O'Donovan, a writer and former Jesuit priest, whom she met in 1918; the relationship lasted until his death, in 1942.[5] During the interwar period she was a sponsor of the pacifist Peace Pledge Union; however she resigned from the PPU and later recanted her pacifism in 1940.[6] Her London flat was destroyed in the Blitz, and she had to rebuild her life and library from scratch, as documented in the semi-autobiographical short story, Miss Anstruther's Letters, which was published in 1942.

 
The blue plaque on Hinde House at 11–14 Hinde Street where Macaulay lived from 1941 until her death[7][8]

The Towers of Trebizond, her final novel, is generally regarded as her masterpiece. Strongly autobiographical, it treats with wistful humour and deep sadness the attractions of mystical Christianity, and the irremediable conflict between adulterous love and the demands of the Christian faith. For this work, she received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1956.[9]

Personal life edit

Macaulay was never a simple believer in "mere Christianity", and her writings reveal a more complex, mystical sense of the Divine. That said, she did not return to the Anglican church until 1953; she had been an ardent secularist before and, while religious themes pervade her novels, previous to her conversion she often treats Christianity satirically, for instance in Going Abroad and The World My Wilderness.

Macaulay never married. She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) on 31 December 1957 in the 1958 New Years Honours[10] and died ten months later, on 30 October 1958, aged 77. She was an active feminist throughout her life.[2]

Works edit

Fiction:

  • Abbots Verney (1906) John Murray
  • The Furnace (1907) John Murray
  • The Secret River (1909) John Murray
  • The Valley Captives (1911) John Murray
  • Views and Vagabonds (1912) John Murray
  • The Lee Shore (1913) Hodder & Stoughton
  • The Making of a Bigot (c 1914) Hodder & Stoughton
  • Non-Combatants and Others (1916) Hodder & Stoughton
  • What Not: A Prophetic Comedy (1918)
  • Potterism (1920) William Collins
  • Dangerous Ages (1921) William Collins
  • Mystery At Geneva: An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings (1922) William Collins
  • Told by an Idiot (1923) William Collins
  • Orphan Island (1924) William Collins
  • Crewe Train (1926) William Collins
  • Keeping Up Appearances (1928) William Collins
  • Staying with Relations (1930) William Collins
  • They Were Defeated (1932) William Collins
  • Going Abroad (1934) William Collins
  • I Would Be Private (1937) William Collins
  • And No Man's Wit (1940) William Collins
  • The World My Wilderness (1950) William Collins
  • The Towers of Trebizond (1956) William Collins

Poetry:

  • The Two Blind Countries (1914) Sidgwick & Jackson
  • Picnic: July 1917, with guns in France audible[11]
  • Three Days (1919) Constable
  • Misfortunes, with engravings by Stanley Morison (1930)

Non-fiction:

  • A Casual Commentary (1925) Methuen
  • Some Religious Elements in English Literature (1931) Hogarth
  • Milton (1934) Duckworth
  • Personal Pleasures (1935) Gollancz
  • The Minor Pleasures of Life (1936) Gollancz
  • An Open Letter (1937) Peace Pledge Union
  • The Writings of E.M. Forster (1938) Hogarth
  • Life Among the English (1942) William Collins
  • Southey in Portugal (1945) Nicholson & Watson
  • They Went to Portugal (1946) Jonathan Cape
  • Evelyn Waugh (1946) Horizon
  • Fabled Shore: From the Pyrenees to Portugal By Road (1949) Hamish Hamilton
  • Pleasure of Ruins (1953) Thames & Hudson
  • Coming to London (1957) Phoenix House
  • Letters to a Friend 1950–52 (1961) William Collins
  • Last Letters to a Friend 1952–1958 (1962) William Collins
  • Letters to a Sister (1964) William Collins
  • They Went to Portugal Too (1990) (The second part of They Went to Portugal, not published with the 1946 edition because of paper restrictions.) Carcanet

References edit

  1. ^ Crawford, Alice (1995). Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay. Farleigh Dickinson University Press. p. 17. ISBN 9780838635735.
  2. ^ a b Stanley J. Kunitz and Howard Haycraft, editors; Twentieth Century Authors, A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature, (3rd edition). New York, The H. W. Wilson Company, 1950, pp. 865–66.
  3. ^ What Not: lost feminist novel that anticipated Brave New World finally finds its time
  4. ^ The 1918 Novel 'What Not' Is A Dystopian Masterpiece — So Why Isn't It More Widely Read?
  5. ^ Profile, guardian.co.uk; 31 May 2003; accessed 25 July 2015.
  6. ^ Martin Ceadel, Semi-Detached Idealists:The British Peace Movement and International Relations, 1854–1945. Oxford University Press, 2000; ISBN 0199241171 (p. 361).
  7. ^ Williams, George G. Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams. (1973) Guide to Literary London. London: Batsford, p. 285; ISBN 0713401419
  8. ^ Hibbert, Christopher; Ben Weinreb; John Keay; Julia Keay (2010). The London Encyclopaedia. London: Pan Macmillan. p. 402. ISBN 978-0-230-73878-2.
  9. ^ Shaffer, Brian W. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Fiction, vol 1. Chichester: Wiley. p. 242. ISBN 978-1405192446. Retrieved 26 December 2022.
  10. ^ London Gazette notice of Macaulay's damehood
  11. ^ "The poem 'Picnic: July 2017' and comment in the book 'In the Shadow of the Great War, Surrey 1914 - 1922', by Albury History Society" (PDF). Retrieved 7 November 2023.

Further reading edit

  • Babington Smith, Constance (1972). Rose Macaulay. London: Collins. ISBN 0-00-211720-7.
  • Bensen, Alice R. (1969). Rose Macaulay. New York: Twayne Publishers.
  • Crawford, Alice (1995). Paradise Pursued: The Novels of Rose Macaulay. Madison, N.J.: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press. ISBN 0-8386-3573-3.
  • Emery, Jane (1991). Rose Macaulay: A Writer's Life. London: J. Murray. ISBN 0-7195-4768-7.
  • Fromm, Gloria G. (October 1986). "The Worldly and Unwordly Fortunes of Rose Macaulay". The New Criterion. 5 (2): 38–44.
  • Hein, David. "Faith and Doubt in Rose Macaulay's The Towers of Trebizond." Anglican Theological Review 88 (2006): 47–68. Abstract: http://www.anglicantheologicalreview.org/read/article/508/
  • Hein, David. "Rose Macaulay: A Voice from the Edge." In David Hein and Edward Henderson, eds., C. S. Lewis and Friends: Faith and the Power of Imagination, 93–115. London: SPCK; Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2011.
  • LeFanu, Sarah (2003). Rose Macaulay. London: Virago.
  • Moore, Judith (15 November 1978). "Rose Macaulay: A Model for Christian Feminists". Christian Century. 95 (37): 1098–1101.
  • Passty, Jeanette N. (1988). Eros and Androgyny: The Legacy of Rose Macaulay. London and Toronto: Associated University Presses. ISBN 0-8386-3284-X.
  • Martin Ferguson Smith (ed), Dearest Jean: Rose Macaulay’s letters to a cousin (Manchester, Manchester University Press, 2011).

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Dame Emilie Rose Macaulay DBE 1 August 1881 30 October 1958 was an English writer most noted for her award winning novel The Towers of Trebizond about a small Anglo Catholic group crossing Turkey by camel DameRose MacaulayDBEPencil sketch of Rose MacaulayBornEmilie Rose Macaulay 1881 08 01 1 August 1881Rugby Warwickshire EnglandDied30 October 1958 1958 10 30 aged 77 NationalityEnglishCitizenshipUnited KingdomEducationOxford High School for GirlsAlma materSomerville College OxfordNotable worksThey Were Defeated 1932 The World My Wilderness 1950 The Towers of Trebizond 1956 Notable awardsJames Tait Black Memorial Prize 1956 Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire 1958 PartnerGerald O Donovan c 1918 1942 The story is seen as a spiritual autobiography reflecting her own changing and conflicting beliefs Macaulay s novels were partly influenced by Virginia Woolf she also wrote biographies travelogues and poetry Contents 1 Early years and education 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Works 5 References 6 Further reading 7 External linksEarly years and education editMacaulay was born in Rugby Warwickshire the daughter of George Campbell Macaulay a classical scholar and his wife Grace Mary nee Conybeare Her father was descended in the male line directly from the Macaulay family of Lewis She was educated at Oxford High School for Girls and read Modern History at Somerville College at Oxford University 1 Career editMacaulay began writing her first novel Abbots Verney published 1906 after leaving Somerville and while living with her parents at Ty Isaf near Aberystwyth in Wales Later novels include The Lee Shore 1912 Potterism 1920 Dangerous Ages 1921 Told by an Idiot 1923 And No Man s Wit 1940 The World My Wilderness 1950 and The Towers of Trebizond 1956 Her non fiction work includes They Went to Portugal Catchwords and Claptrap a biography of John Milton and Pleasure of Ruins Macaulay s fiction was influenced by Virginia Woolf and Anatole France 2 Her dystopian novel What Not 1918 deals with eugenics and misinformation in a fictional version of England It was first published in 2018 then withdrawn and republished in 2019 with some passages removed 3 4 During World War I Macaulay worked in the British Propaganda Department after some time as a nurse and later as a civil servant in the War Office She pursued a romantic affair with Gerald O Donovan a writer and former Jesuit priest whom she met in 1918 the relationship lasted until his death in 1942 5 During the interwar period she was a sponsor of the pacifist Peace Pledge Union however she resigned from the PPU and later recanted her pacifism in 1940 6 Her London flat was destroyed in the Blitz and she had to rebuild her life and library from scratch as documented in the semi autobiographical short story Miss Anstruther s Letters which was published in 1942 nbsp The blue plaque on Hinde House at 11 14 Hinde Street where Macaulay lived from 1941 until her death 7 8 The Towers of Trebizond her final novel is generally regarded as her masterpiece Strongly autobiographical it treats with wistful humour and deep sadness the attractions of mystical Christianity and the irremediable conflict between adulterous love and the demands of the Christian faith For this work she received the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 1956 9 Personal life editThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed December 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Macaulay was never a simple believer in mere Christianity and her writings reveal a more complex mystical sense of the Divine That said she did not return to the Anglican church until 1953 she had been an ardent secularist before and while religious themes pervade her novels previous to her conversion she often treats Christianity satirically for instance in Going Abroad and The World My Wilderness Macaulay never married She was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire DBE on 31 December 1957 in the 1958 New Years Honours 10 and died ten months later on 30 October 1958 aged 77 She was an active feminist throughout her life 2 Works editFiction Abbots Verney 1906 John Murray The Furnace 1907 John Murray The Secret River 1909 John Murray The Valley Captives 1911 John Murray Views and Vagabonds 1912 John Murray The Lee Shore 1913 Hodder amp Stoughton The Making of a Bigot c 1914 Hodder amp Stoughton Non Combatants and Others 1916 Hodder amp Stoughton What Not A Prophetic Comedy 1918 Potterism 1920 William Collins Dangerous Ages 1921 William Collins Mystery At Geneva An Improbable Tale of Singular Happenings 1922 William Collins Told by an Idiot 1923 William Collins Orphan Island 1924 William Collins Crewe Train 1926 William Collins Keeping Up Appearances 1928 William Collins Staying with Relations 1930 William Collins They Were Defeated 1932 William Collins Going Abroad 1934 William Collins I Would Be Private 1937 William Collins And No Man s Wit 1940 William Collins The World My Wilderness 1950 William Collins The Towers of Trebizond 1956 William CollinsPoetry The Two Blind Countries 1914 Sidgwick amp Jackson Picnic July 1917 with guns in France audible 11 Three Days 1919 Constable Misfortunes with engravings by Stanley Morison 1930 Non fiction A Casual Commentary 1925 Methuen Some Religious Elements in English Literature 1931 Hogarth Milton 1934 Duckworth Personal Pleasures 1935 Gollancz The Minor Pleasures of Life 1936 Gollancz An Open Letter 1937 Peace Pledge Union The Writings of E M Forster 1938 Hogarth Life Among the English 1942 William Collins Southey in Portugal 1945 Nicholson amp Watson They Went to Portugal 1946 Jonathan Cape Evelyn Waugh 1946 Horizon Fabled Shore From the Pyrenees to Portugal By Road 1949 Hamish Hamilton Pleasure of Ruins 1953 Thames amp Hudson Coming to London 1957 Phoenix House Letters to a Friend 1950 52 1961 William Collins Last Letters to a Friend 1952 1958 1962 William Collins Letters to a Sister 1964 William Collins They Went to Portugal Too 1990 The second part of They Went to Portugal not published with the 1946 edition because of paper restrictions CarcanetReferences edit Crawford Alice 1995 Paradise Pursued The Novels of Rose Macaulay Farleigh Dickinson University Press p 17 ISBN 9780838635735 a b Stanley J Kunitz and Howard Haycraft editors Twentieth Century Authors A Biographical Dictionary of Modern Literature 3rd edition New York The H W Wilson Company 1950 pp 865 66 What Not lost feminist novel that anticipated Brave New World finally finds its time The 1918 Novel What Not Is A Dystopian Masterpiece So Why Isn t It More Widely Read Profile guardian co uk 31 May 2003 accessed 25 July 2015 Martin Ceadel Semi Detached Idealists The British Peace Movement and International Relations 1854 1945 Oxford University Press 2000 ISBN 0199241171 p 361 Williams George G Assisted by Marian and Geoffrey Williams 1973 Guide to Literary London London Batsford p 285 ISBN 0713401419 Hibbert Christopher Ben Weinreb John Keay Julia Keay 2010 The London Encyclopaedia London Pan Macmillan p 402 ISBN 978 0 230 73878 2 Shaffer Brian W 2011 The Encyclopedia of Twentieth Century Fiction vol 1 Chichester Wiley p 242 ISBN 978 1405192446 Retrieved 26 December 2022 London Gazette notice of Macaulay s damehood The poem Picnic July 2017 and comment in the book In the Shadow of the Great War Surrey 1914 1922 by Albury History Society PDF Retrieved 7 November 2023 Further reading editBabington Smith Constance 1972 Rose Macaulay London Collins ISBN 0 00 211720 7 Bensen Alice R 1969 Rose Macaulay New York Twayne Publishers Crawford Alice 1995 Paradise Pursued The Novels of Rose Macaulay Madison N J Fairleigh Dickinson University Press ISBN 0 8386 3573 3 Emery Jane 1991 Rose Macaulay A Writer s Life London J Murray ISBN 0 7195 4768 7 Fromm Gloria G October 1986 The Worldly and Unwordly Fortunes of Rose Macaulay The New Criterion 5 2 38 44 Hein David Faith and Doubt in Rose Macaulay s The Towers of Trebizond Anglican Theological Review 88 2006 47 68 Abstract http www anglicantheologicalreview org read article 508 Hein David Rose Macaulay A Voice from the Edge In David Hein and Edward Henderson eds C S Lewis and Friends Faith and the Power of Imagination 93 115 London SPCK Eugene OR Cascade 2011 LeFanu Sarah 2003 Rose Macaulay London Virago Moore Judith 15 November 1978 Rose Macaulay A Model for Christian Feminists Christian Century 95 37 1098 1101 Passty Jeanette N 1988 Eros and Androgyny The Legacy of Rose Macaulay London and Toronto Associated University Presses ISBN 0 8386 3284 X Martin Ferguson Smith ed Dearest Jean Rose Macaulay s letters to a cousin Manchester Manchester University Press 2011 External links editRose Macaulay at Wikipedia s sister projects nbsp Media from Commons nbsp Quotations from Wikiquote nbsp Texts from Wikisource nbsp Data from Wikidata Works by Rose Macaulay at Project Gutenberg Works by Rose Macaulay at Faded Page Canada Works by or about Rose Macaulay at Internet Archive Works by Rose Macaulay at LibriVox public domain audiobooks nbsp Works by Rose Macaulay at Open Library Archival material relating to Rose Macaulay UK National Archives nbsp Profile of Rose on Great Shelford website where she lived some of her life Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rose Macaulay amp oldid 1183979282, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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