Gilbert Cannan

Gilbert Cannan Gilbert Eric Cannan (25 June 1884 – 30 June 1955) was a British novelist, dramatist, poet, translator, and reviewer of books and plays. He translated Romain Rolland's novel Jean-Christophe. Quotes By its truth and absolute integrity — since Tolstoy I know of no writing so crystal clear — "Jean-Christophe" is the first great book of the twentieth century. In a sense it begins the twenties century. It bridges transition, and shows us where we stand. It reveals the past and the present, and leaves the future open to us ... Jean-Christophe (translation), Preface by Gilbert Cannan The Collected Works of Romain Rolland Strelbytskyy Multimedia Publishing https://books.google.com/books?id=zUZQEAAAQBAJ&q=absolute+integrity#v=snippet&q=absolute%20integrity&f=false 2021 (preface written in 1910; works translated by Gilbert Cannan, Ben Ray Redman, Eleanor Stimson, Van Wyck Brooks, Katherine Miller, Charles de Kay, Barrett H. Clark, Clementina Black, B. Constance Hull, Frederick Street, Mary Blaiklock, A. Eaglefield Hull, Bernard Miall, Eden and Cedar Paul, Catherine D. Groth) Bad art has always been used as an escape from life; good art admits of no escape and forces a man to see himself in a glass clearly. The Joy of the Theatre Fellowship Books, vol. 2 E. P. Dutton New York 1913 https://books.google.com/books?id=168CAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3 3 I nothing know but that I nothing know,    And therefore I sing merrily.I sit and watch the thronging moments go,    Each taking life from me. A Fool's Wisdom Adventurous Love: And Other Verses London Methuen 1915 https://books.google.com/books?id=T0w9AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA3#v=onepage&q=sing%20merrily&f=false 52–54 (p. 52, 1st stanza of poem) Prophecy of an event is unlikely to be interesting after it and this may be the reason why my prophetic utterances regarding the Great War took the form of Satire. Preface to American Edition Windmills: A Book of Fables B. W. Huebsch B. W. Huebsch, Incorporated New York 1920 https://books.google.com/books/about/Windmills.html?id=cvclAAAAMAAJ&pg=PR13 xiii–xvi (quote from p. xiii) Quotes about Gilbert Cannan In February 1911 Gilbert had joined the Savage Club, proposed by Alfred Sutro, the playwright, and seconded by Mostyn Pigott and Reginald Geard. Diana Pullein-Thompson, Gilbert Cannan: A Georgian Prodigy Chatto & Windus London 1978 0701122455 https://books.google.com/books?id=vgQsAAAAIAAJ&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=mostyn 78 (J. Reginald Geard was the drama critic for The Morning Leader, which merged with the The Daily News (UK) The Daily News in 1912.) A thing is no sooner out of fashion than it begins to appear antique; and the literary movements of the 1890s last decade of the nineteenth century are already discounted as a curiosity by the rising generation. The attitude is natural enough; and yet, if the truth be realized, the despised 1890s 'nineties were actually the seed-time of the most characteristic literary harvest of to-day. The apostolic succession of literature is indeed always developing new phases. Without Mr. Kipling there would have been no Mr. Masefield; and it is undoubtedly to the faded audacities of Mr. Arthur Symons and Mr. Richard Le Gallienne that we owe the mor strenuous frankness of Mr. Gilbert Cannan and Rupert Brooke. Arthur Waugh, Tradition and Change: Studies in Contemporary Literature London Chapman & Hall Chapman and Hall, Ltd 1919 Lionel Johnson https://books.google.com/books?id=mIg4AAAAYAAJ&pg=PA89 89–107 (quote from p. 89) External links Gilbert Cannan Simkin, John 1997 Spartacus Educational https://spartacus-educational.com/ARTcannanG.htm Category:1884 births Category:1955 deaths Category:Novelists from the United Kingdom Category:Playwrights from the United Kingdom Category:University of Cambridge alumni