Ford Madox Ford [Paperback]

A critical biography of the great modernist editor and novelist. 
 
Ford Madox Ford (1873–1939) lived among several of the most important artists and writers of his time. Raised by Pre-Raphaelites and friends with Henry James, H. G. Wells, and Joseph Conrad, Ford was a leading figure of the avant-garde in pre-WWI London, responsible for publishing Ezra Pound, Wyndham Lewis, and D. H. Lawrence. After the war, he moved to Paris, published Gertrude Stein, and discovered Ernest Hemingway. A prolific writer in his own right, Ford wrote the modernist triumphThe Good Soldier(1915) as well as one of the finest war stories in English, theParade’s Endtetralogy (1924–1928). Drawing on newly discovered letters and photographs, this critical biography further demonstrates Ford’s vital contribution to modern fiction, poetry, and criticism.
 Max Saundersis an interdisciplinary professor of modern literature and culture at the University of Birmingham. His books includeFord Madox Ford: A Dual Life.
 

So valuable. . . . With this new book . . . our leading Ford scholar distills a lifetime of close reading and study into two hundred pages. By so doing, he has produced the essential Ford primer, the best short overview of a writer championed by, among many others, Graham Greene, A.S. Byatt, Ruth Rendell, and Julian Barnes.