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She married writer and physician |
She married writer and physician Philip Gosse (1879–1959), son of [[Edmund Gosse]]. When she died, her husband presented a large collection of literature to the [[University of Leeds]] in her memory, known as the Keown Collection (which is within the larger Brotherton Collection).<ref>{{cite web | title=Keown (Brotherton Collection)| url=http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/spprint/14175.htm | access-date=22 April 2007| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20070309092746/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/spprint/14175.htm| archive-date= 9 March 2007 <!--DASHBot-->| url-status= live}}</ref> |
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Among her works, perhaps the most famous is her book ''The Cat who saw God'' (1932), a comic drama about a cat who is [[Spirit possession|possessed]] by the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Nero]] who decides to settle down with an old English spinster. In the week beginning |
Among her works, perhaps the most famous is her book ''[[The Cat who saw God]]'' (1932), a comic drama about a cat who is [[Spirit possession|possessed]] by the [[Roman Emperor]] [[Nero]] who decides to settle down with an old English spinster. In the week beginning 14 November 1932, ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' listed it as one of their "Books of the Week", noting it as "amusing in the English manner.".<ref>{{cite magazine | title=TIME Books of the Week (Archive)|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847104,00.html?promoid=googlep |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930230944/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,847104,00.html?promoid=googlep |url-status=dead |archive-date=30 September 2007 | accessdate=22 April 2007 | magazine=Time | date=14 November 1932}}</ref> |
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Another of her best-known works is a [[sonnet]] she wrote in her youth during [[World War I]]. Entitled ''Reported Missing'', it is studied to this day in British schools as part of the [[OCR (examination board)|OCR]] [[GCSE]] [[English literature]] syllabus.<ref>{{cite web |title=Contents of the OCR Poetry and Short Story Collections |url=http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/teacher_support_and_coursework_guidance/cquartetOCRTempFile2stMtP1SfV.pdf |access-date=22 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070203163123/http://www.ocr.org.uk/Data/publications/teacher_support_and_coursework_guidance/cquartetOCRTempFile2stMtP1SfV.pdf |archive-date=3 February 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref> |
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Who laughed so lately in this quiet place. |
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The dear and deep-eyed humour of that face |
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Held something ever-living, in Death's stead. |
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Scornful I hear the flat things they have said |
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And all their piteous platitudes of pain. |
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I laugh! I laugh! -- For you will come again - |
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This heart would never beat if you were dead. |
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The world's adrowse in twilight hushfulness, |
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There's purple lilac in your little room, |
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And somewhere out beyond the evening gloom |
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Small boys are culling summer watercress. |
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Of these familiar things I have no dread |
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Being so very sure you are not dead. |
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Latest revision as of 08:26, 9 July 2024
Anna Gordon Keown (1899–1957) was an English writer and poet.
She married writer and physician Philip Gosse (1879–1959), son of Edmund Gosse. When she died, her husband presented a large collection of literature to the University of Leeds in her memory, known as the Keown Collection (which is within the larger Brotherton Collection).[1]
Among her works, perhaps the most famous is her book The Cat who saw God (1932), a comic drama about a cat who is possessed by the Roman Emperor Nero who decides to settle down with an old English spinster. In the week beginning 14 November 1932, Time listed it as one of their "Books of the Week", noting it as "amusing in the English manner.".[2]
Another of her best-known works is a sonnet she wrote in her youth during World War I. Entitled Reported Missing, it is studied to this day in British schools as part of the OCR GCSE English literature syllabus.[3]
Reported Missing
[edit]My thought shall never be that you are dead:
Who laughed so lately in this quiet place.
The dear and deep-eyed humour of that face
Held something ever-living, in Death's stead.
Scornful I hear the flat things they have said
And all their piteous platitudes of pain.
I laugh! I laugh! -- For you will come again -
This heart would never beat if you were dead.
The world's adrowse in twilight hushfulness,
There's purple lilac in your little room,
And somewhere out beyond the evening gloom
Small boys are culling summer watercress.
Of these familiar things I have no dread
Being so very sure you are not dead.
References
[edit]- ^ "Keown (Brotherton Collection)". Archived from the original on 9 March 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
- ^ "TIME Books of the Week (Archive)". Time. 14 November 1932. Archived from the original on 30 September 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
- ^ "Contents of the OCR Poetry and Short Story Collections" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 February 2007. Retrieved 22 April 2007.
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