ALDINGTON, Richard

Citation

“How could I love you more?

I would give up

Even that beauty I have loved too well

That I might love you better.”

~Richard Aldington, English author

“Prelude” (1919) War and Love (1915-1918), Boston: The Four Seas Company, 1919, p. 73; online via Princeton University & HathiTrust, babel.hathitrust.org

Context

Extended excerpt [Poem – first stanza]:

“How could I love you more?

I would give up

Even that beauty I have loved too well

That I might love you better.

Alas, how poor the gifts that lovers give –

I can but give you of my flesh and strength,

I can but give you these few passing days

And passionate words that since our speech began

All lovers whisper in all ladies’ ears.” (p. 73)

Source Link

Source link: War and Love (1915-1918) (1919 Four Seas Co.) online via HathiTrust: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4102204;view=1up;seq=77

Citation

“Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill and calling for larger spurs and brighter beaks.”

~Richard Aldington, English author

The Colonel’s Daughter (1931) London: Chatto & Windus, p. 49

Context

Extended excerpt [Fiction – character ‘Purfleet’ to ‘McCall’]:

“When I say patriotism I mean patriotism and not nationalism. Patriotism is a lively sense of collective responsibility. Nationalism is a silly cock crowing on its own dunghill and calling for larger spurs and brighter beaks. I fear that nationalism is one of England’s many spurious gifts to the world.” (p. 49)

Source ISBN

Source link: Library – The Colonel’s Daughter (1931) Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) No. 458403689

Resources

Learn more about Richard Aldington | Here are a few good places to start –

Richard Aldington | Poetry Foundation page includes a brief biography and bibliography, plus links to select works: http://www.poetryfoundation.org/bio/richard-aldington#about
‘Images of War by Richard Aldington, with illustrations by Paul Nash’|British Library images & brief overview of ‘Imagist’ poetry: https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/images-of-war-by-richard-aldington-with-illustrations-by-paul-nash
Images Old and New (1916) Book of poems by Richard Aldington; full text available online via HathiTrust: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b163179;view=1up;seq=7
Images of Desire (1919) Book of poems by Richard Aldington; full text available online via HathiTrust: https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015030843596;view=1up;seq=7
‘Death of a Hero Reader’s Guide’ | Penguin Random Group – Introduction to Aldington’s fictional Death of a Hero, a novel written after Aldington World War I service in the British Army. Aldington suffered from “shell shock” (what we now know as Post-Tramatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD), and the novel provides pointed commentary on the hypocrisy and pseudo-patriotism Aldington perceived in WWI-era England. Page also includes a brief author biography and list of discussion questions for bookclubs & classrooms: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/310043/death-of-a-hero-by-richard-aldington/9780143106876/readers-guide/
Richard Aldington | The Atlantic – Aldington’s WWI essay contributions to The Atlantic magazine, “A Soundless River of Peace” and “For Armistice Day”; online via The Atlantic: https://www.theatlantic.com/author/richard-aldington/
‘Richard Aldington: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center’, University of Texas, Austin – Index of holdings & brief biography [as of August 2017, holdings did not appear to be available online]: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro/uthrc/00005/hrc-00005.html

Image credit: ALDINGTON, Richard (PLACEHOLDER image only; no viable CC/public domain/right-size image of author located to date. Aldington does *not* appear in the photo shown on this page.) Photo: “Gas.” Australian troops w/respirators on posed for the camera in the advance trench, Garter Point, 4th Division” (1918) Frank Hurley/Australian War Records Section, National Science & Media Museum; Public domain; via National Science & Media Museum, Flickr: https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmediamuseum/3007982262

ALDINGTON, Richard

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