Acton, Harold
(Florenz 1904-1994 Florenz) : Britischer Schriftsteller
Name Alternative(s)
Acton, Harold Mario Mitchess
Subjects
Index of Names : Occident
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Literature : Occident : Great Britain
Chronology Entries (3)
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| 1 | 1932-1939 | Harold Acton ist Dozent für Englisch an der Beijing University, Übersetzer, Kunstsammler und studiert Chinesisch und klassisches chinesisches Theater. |
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| 2 | 1941 |
Acton, Harold. Peonies and ponies [ID D30885]. [Novel about British life in Beijing]. Zhang Yanping : In Harold Acton's Peking-based fiction Peonies and ponies, the fictional Englishman Philip Flower expresses his love for Yang, a Chinese boy: "I was drawn to Yang the moment I set eyes on him. He appealed to my imagination. I'd do anything for him. Don't ask me why. I hardly know myself! I suppose it's because he is a living symbol of China, and I'm in love". The Chinese boy rises from Acton's text as a symbol of beauty. His irredeemable otherness seems to offer the prospect of revitalization to the aesthete. |
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| 3 | 1977 |
Letter from Harold Acton to Ling Shuhua. 1977. Ah Peking ! It was there that I spent the happiest year of my life. Consequently, I would be afraid of returning though one is told it is all for the best. |
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Bibliography (5)
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| 1 | 1935 | Bian, Zhilin. The return of the native. Translated by Harold Acton and Ch'en Shih-hsiang [Chen Shixiang]. In : T’ien hsia ; vol. 1 (1935). = Huan xian | Publication / Bian1 | |
| 2 | 1936 | Modern Chinese poetry. Transl. by Harold Acton and Ch'en Shih-hsiang [Chen Shixiang]. (London : Duckworth, 1936). | Publication / Act2 | |
| 3 | 1937 | Famous Chinese plays. Translated and edited by L.C. Arlington and Harold Acton. (Peiping : H. Vetch, 1937). | Publication / Act3 | |
| 4 | 1941 |
Feng, Menglong. Glue and lacquer : four cautionary tales. Transl. from the Chinese by Harold Acton & Lee Yi-hsieh [Li Yixie] ; pref. by Arthur Waley ; with ill. from drawings by Eric Gill interpreted on copper by Denis Tegtmeier. (London : The Golden Cockerell Press, 1941). . |
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| 5 | 1941 | Acton, Harold. Peonies and ponies : a novel. (London : Chatto & Windus, 1941). | Publication / Act5 |
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Secondary Literature (1)
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| 1 | 2007 | Harold Acton Library : http://www.britishinstitute.it/en/library/harold-acton-library.asp. | Publication / Act1 |
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