Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford (December 17, 1873 - June 26, 1939) was an English novelist and publisher.

Ford's Promotion of Literature

In 1908, he founded The English Review, in which he published Thomas Hardy, H.G. Wells, Joseph Conrad, Henry James, John Galsworthy, and William Butler Yeats and gave debuts to Wyndham Lewis, D.H. Lawrence, and Norman Douglas. In the 1920s, he founded The Transatlantic Review, a journal with great influence on modern literature. Staying with the artistic community in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France, he made friends with James Joyce, Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and Jean Rhys, all of whom he would publish. In a later sojourn in the United States, he was involved with Allen Tate, Caroline Gordon, Katherine Anne Porter, and Robert Lowell, who was then a student. Despite his deep Victorian roots, Ford was always a champion of new literature and literary experimentation.

Related Topics:
Thomas Hardy - H.G. Wells - Joseph Conrad - Henry James - John Galsworthy - William Butler Yeats - Wyndham Lewis - D.H. Lawrence - Norman Douglas - Montparnasse - Paris, France - James Joyce - Ernest Hemingway - Gertrude Stein - Ezra Pound - Jean Rhys - Allen Tate - Caroline Gordon - Katherine Anne Porter - Robert Lowell - Victorian

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