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Interesting Questions, Facts and Information
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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information
Brooke, Rupert
What was Henry James, the author, reported to have thought about Brooke's poetry? | Rupert Brooke Quiz
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He was glad that Brooke was a 'second rate' poet, as with his good looks 'talent ... would be too unfair'.. If James indeed thought and said this, it was before he had even read any of Brooke's poetry. He was later to write the preface to one of Brooke's American articles.
Brooke was friends with which writer while he was at Cambridge University? | Rupert Brooke Quiz
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Noel Olivier. They actually met two years before, when Noel was fifteen. She called off the engagement, after Brooke tried to make her jealous in an attempt to interest her. He did fall in love with Katherine and became very close to Cathleen, but there is no evidence to suggest he proposed in either case.
1911. One particular poem, 'A Channel Passage' was the subject of outrage. 'The Times' critic declared it shouldn't have been published.
on Skyros, a Greek island.
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