W. J. Turner (1889–1946)
Author of Mozart: The Man and His Works
About the Author
Works by W. J. Turner
Exmoor Village: a General Account Based on Factual Information from Mass Observation (British Ways of Life) (1947) 7 copies
Romance of English literature 5 copies
Songs and incantations 3 copies
The dark fire 3 copies
W.J. Turner 2 copies
Paris and Helen 2 copies
A trip to New York and a poem 2 copies
Jack and Jill 1 copy
Music, a short history 1 copy
Henry Airbubble 1 copy
La música y la vida 1 copy
The hunter and other poems 1 copy
Great names : being an anthology of English & American literature from Chaucer to Francis Thompson 1 copy
New poems 1 copy
Pursuit of Psyche 1 copy
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- Legal name
- Turner, Walter James Redfern
- Birthdate
- 1889-10-13
- Date of death
- 1946-11-18
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Australia
- Birthplace
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Place of death
- Hammersmith, London, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
London, England, UK - Education
- School of Mines, Melbourne
Scotch College, Melbourne - Occupations
- writer
critic
playwright
editor (Britain in Pictures)
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Statistics
- Works
- 46
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 345
- Popularity
- #69,185
- Rating
- 3.3
- Reviews
- 6
- ISBNs
- 14
I don't think my opinion of Turner's work benefited from my immediately previous read having been Stevie Smith's Scorpion and Other Poems, which I enjoyed immensely and immediately. Smith, I felt, wrote from the heart, Turner from the head. The underlying warmth that Smith gave to her poems, even those dealing with death and loss, in Turner's treatment are rendered with a cold, cerebral detachment. I know nothing of Turner and his life or other writings, having picked up this book on a whim, so I may simply not be on his wavelength and, perhaps, have done him a disservice. Enough to say that he's not entirely my cup of tea.
His subjects include scientific advancement, homages to other poets, war (the book was published at the end of WWII - both Churchill and Hitler make brief appearances), love, and nature.
In summary, a heavy suet pudding of a book, with some occasional citrusy-peel bits to enliven it.… (more)