- Vivian de Sola Pinto
Vivian de Sola Pinto (1895–1969) was a British poet, literary critic and historian. He was a leading scholarly authority on
D. H. Lawrence , and appeared for the defence (Penguin Books ) in the 1960 "Lady Chatterley's Lover " trial.He was a close friend of
Siegfried Sassoon , having fought inWorld War I alongside him, as his second-in-command, in France. He appears in the 'Sherston' books ("Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man " etc.) written by Sassoon as Velmore.After the war he was at the
University of Oxford . Later he was Professor in the Department of English at theUniversity of Nottingham , from 1938 until 1961.He is also known as the translator of
France Prešeren 's poetry into theEnglish language .Works
*Works of Sir
Charles Sedley , with a study of Sedley (1928)
*The Tree of Life: An Anthology (1929) editor withGeorge Neill Wright
*Peter Sterry: Platonist and Puritan, 1613-1672 (1934)
*The Invisible Sun - poems
*Crisis in English Poetry: 1880-1940
*The Common Muse An Anthology of Popular British Ballad Poetry 15th-20th Century, editor withAllan Edwin Rodway
*Restoration Carnival: Five courtier poets: Rochester, Dorset, Sedley, Etherege & Sheffield (1954)
*Reginald Mainwaring Hewitt: A Selection from his Literary Remains (1955)
*The Divine Vision: Studies in the Poetry and Art of William Blake (1957) editor
*Complete Poems of D. H. Lawrence (1964) editor with F. Warren Roberts
*Enthusiast in Wit: A Portrait of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, 1647-1680 (1962)
*The Restoration Court Poets: John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester; Charles Sackville, Earl of Dorset; Sir Charles Sedley; Sir George Etheredge (1965)
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