Oliver Onions (1873–1961)
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Oliver Onions (1873-1961), English novelist; was actually born as Oliver Onions, but later changed his name to George Oliver; all of his works were published under his birth name
Do not confuse with George Oliver (1782-1867), an Anglican minister who wrote on freemasonry and local churches
Fonte dell'immagine: Photo from The War Illustrated, 31 July 1915, via Wikipedia
Serie
Opere di Oliver Onions
Phantas 5 copie
Rooum 4 copie
The Cigarette Case 2 copie
Sandokan 2 copie
The Master Of The House 1 copia
Hic Jacet 1 copia
The Rocker 1 copia
Io 1 copia
Benlian 1 copia
The Italian Chest 1 copia
Sandokan/sweet lady blue 1 copia
Little devil doubt 1 copia
Tales from a Far Riding 1 copia
The drakestone 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Onions, George Oliver
- Altri nomi
- Onions, Oliver
Oliver, George - Data di nascita
- 1873-11-13
- Data di morte
- 1961-04-09
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Aberystwyth, Wales
- Istruzione
- National Arts Training Schools, UK
- Attività lavorative
- novelist
- Relazioni
- Ruck, Berta (wife)
- Breve biografia
- George Oliver Onions was born on 13 November 1873 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK, of humble parents. He studied art for three years in London at the National Arts Training Schools (now the Royal College of Art). His interests were motoring and science; and he was also an amateur boxer as a young man. On 1909, he married the also writer Berta Ruck (1878-1978), and they had two sons, Arthur (b. 1912) and William (b. 1913). On 1918, legally changed his name to George Oliver, but continued to publish under the name Oliver Onions. He died on 9 April 1961 in Aberystwyth, Wales.
Originally trained as a commercial artist, Oliver worked as a designer of posters and books, and as a magazine illustrator during the Boer War. Encouraged by the American writer Gelett Burgess, he began writing fiction. The first editions of Oliver Onions's novels were published with dust jackets bearing full-colour illustrations painted by himself. He wrote detective fiction, social comedy, historical fiction and romance novels. But, he is best known for his supernatural and fantasy short-stories and is regarded by many as one of the twentieth century masters of the genre. Interestingly, he was a great pragmatist and did not believe in ghosts or occult agencies of any sort. It is therefore testament to his writing skills that he so convincingly conveys supernatural atmosphere and events. - Nota di disambiguazione
- Oliver Onions (1873-1961), English novelist; was actually born as Oliver Onions, but later changed his name to George Oliver; all of his works were published under his birth name Do not confuse with George Oliver (1782-1867), an Anglican minister who wrote on freemasonry and local churches
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Discussioni
Reading Group #22 ('The Beckoning Fair One') in Gothic Literature (Dicembre 2011)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 52
- Opere correlate
- 42
- Utenti
- 681
- Popolarità
- #37,121
- Voto
- 3.9
- Recensioni
- 10
- ISBN
- 129
- Lingue
- 2
- Preferito da
- 3
Certain imagery and themes recur across the stories. Quite often the tales open at the threshold of a door and/or a straircase, clearly symbolic of entry or ascension in another realm (be it external or internal). Indeed the excellent story "The Rosewood Door" centers on an exquisite yet oddly shaped door with mysterious origins, rescued from a house demoliton, and when reinstalled anew sparks bizarre occurences. Artists and their work (painting, sculpture, writing) figure prominently in quite a few stories; their struggles and obsession seem surely one of Onions' signature autobiographical touches.
The standout story is the perfectly crafted and often anthologized "The Beckoning Fair One" wherein a writer moves into a possibly haunted house and experiences a growing obsession with a perceived spiritual presence, as well as a debilitating case of writer's block... or does his mania ensue from his maddening inability to write? Other highlights include "The Rope in the Rafters," a tale of World War I disfigurement; a sculptor's deepening madness and obsession in "Resurrection in Bronze," and a pair of tales concerning time dislocation (past or future events encroaching on the present), "The Cigarette Case" and "The Accident."… (altro)