Missing Persons: An Autobiography
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the twilight of the Victorian era to the turbulent heart of the twentieth century, Missing Persons is the remarkable autobiography of E.R. Dodds — one of Britain's most distinguished classical scholars — a man who counted W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot among his friends and witnessed some of the most seismic intellectual and cultural upheavals of his age. Born in Ireland in 1893, Dodds chronicles his journey from a Belfast childhood through Oxford, his appointment as Regius Professor of Greek, and his lifelong engagement with the ancient world, parapsychology, and modern poetry, painting an intimate portrait of a life lived at the crossroads of reason and the mystical. Written with candour, wit, and the precise, elegant prose one would expect from the author of The Greeks and the Irrational, this memoir illuminates the rich social and intellectual landscape of twentieth-century British academia. Dodds presents not merely a personal history, but a vivid record of friendships, political convictions, and scholarly passions that shaped an era — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets this quietly extraordinary man chose to keep to himself.
Author: E.R. Dodds
Format: Hardback
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Good
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Good
From the twilight of the Victorian era to the turbulent heart of the twentieth century, Missing Persons is the remarkable autobiography of E.R. Dodds — one of Britain's most distinguished classical scholars — a man who counted W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot among his friends and witnessed some of the most seismic intellectual and cultural upheavals of his age. Born in Ireland in 1893, Dodds chronicles his journey from a Belfast childhood through Oxford, his appointment as Regius Professor of Greek, and his lifelong engagement with the ancient world, parapsychology, and modern poetry, painting an intimate portrait of a life lived at the crossroads of reason and the mystical. Written with candour, wit, and the precise, elegant prose one would expect from the author of The Greeks and the Irrational, this memoir illuminates the rich social and intellectual landscape of twentieth-century British academia. Dodds presents not merely a personal history, but a vivid record of friendships, political convictions, and scholarly passions that shaped an era — leaving the reader to wonder what further secrets this quietly extraordinary man chose to keep to himself.