R. L. Mégroz

Rodolphe Louis Mégroz (2 August 1891 – 30 September 1968) was a prolific English writer, critic and poet. He was born in London, with a French father and English mother. He worked in a bank before World War I, in which he served in the British Army at Gallipoli.^[1][2]

After the war Mégroz trained as a journalist, and worked as a freelance. He also wrote numerous books, and stories. During World War II he worked for the BBC.

Works

• Personal Poems (1919)
• A talk with Joseph Conrad and a criticism of his mind and method (1926)
• The Three Sitwells; a biographical and critical study (1927)
• Francis Thompson: The Poet of Earth in Heaven. A Study in Poetic Mysticism and the Evolution of Love-Poetry (1927) (Faber & Gwyer)
• Ronald Ross, discoverer and creator (1931)
• Rhys Davies. A Critical Sketch (1932)
• The Lear Omnibus (1938)
• The Real Robinson Crusoe (1939)
• Dante Gabriel Rossetti, painter poet of heaven in earth
• Profile Art Through the Ages: A Study of the Use and significance of Profile and Silhouette from the Stone Age to Puppet Films
• Shakespeare as a Letter Writer and Artist in Prose
• Walter de la Mare: A Biography and Critical Study (1972)

Notes

1. Martin Ray (1 January 2007). Joseph Conrad: Memories and Impressions : an Annotated Bibliography. Rodopi. pp. 100–1 note. ISBN 90-420-2298-1.
2. Joseph Conrad; Frederick Robert Karl; Laurence Davies (1983). The Collected Letters of Joseph Conrad. Cambridge University Press. p. 560 note. ISBN 978-0-521-56196-9.

External links

• Works by or about R. L. Mégroz at Internet Archive