William Force Stead
William Force Stead (29 August 1884 – 8 March 1967) was an American diplomat and poet. He became an Anglican clergyman, and chaplain of Worcester College, Oxford, from 1927 to 1930.[1] He is best known for his editorial work on Christopher Smart.
Biography
[edit]Stead was born in Washington, D.C. and educated at the University of Virginia. He left the U.S. consular service around 1917 and was a student at Queen's College, Oxford, publishing verses in Oxford poetry. He was ordained and spent time in Italy, before returning to Oxford and Worcester College as a Fellow.
Stead was a friend of T. S. Eliot, and close to him at the time of his 1927 religious conversion, baptising him in the Church of England.[1] He returned to an academic position in the US in 1939, and died in Baltimore.
Works
[edit]- Moonflowers (1909)
- Windflowers (1911)
- Holy Innocents (1917)
- Verd Antique (1920)
- The Sweet Miracle (1922)
- Wayfaring (1924)
- Uriel: A Hymn in Praise of Divine Immanence (1933)
- The Poetry of the Bible (1938) editor
- Rejoice in the Lamb: a song from Bedlam by Christopher Smart (1939) editor
See also
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Notes
[edit]- ^ a b Margaret Mills Harper; Warwick Gould (20 December 2013). Yeats's Mask: Yeats Annual No. 19. Open Book Publishers. p. 77. ISBN 978-1-78374-017-8.
External links
[edit]- William Force Stead Papers. James Marshall and Marie-Louise Osborn Collection, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
- Works by William Force Stead at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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