Cyril Connolly
English literary critic and editor whose Enemies of Promise analyzed why writers fail to produce lasting work and whose The Unquiet Grave is a melancholy masterpiece of aphorism and self-examination. As editor of Horizon, he published the most important British literary magazine of the war years.
Works
- Enemies of PromiseConnolly's essay on threats to literary talent—idleness, the pursuit of money, and worldly success
- The Unquiet GravePhilosophical miscellany of Connolly's aphorisms, travel observations, and reflections on art and mortality
- Previous ConvictionsCollection of Connolly's criticism and essays on modernist literature and contemporary culture
- The Condemned PlaygroundEssays on twentieth-century culture, artistic decline, and the destruction of aesthetic values by philistinism
- The Evening ColonnadeConnolly's final collection of essays, criticism, and reflections on literature, art, and travel