E. H. Visiak
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Edward Harold Physick (July 20, 1878 - 30 August 1972) was an English writer, known chiefly as a critic and authority on John Milton; also a poet and fantasy writer. He used the pseudonym E. H. Visiak from 1910.
He was born in Ealing, London on July 20 1878; his father E.J. Physick was a sculptor. He went to Hitchin Grammar school, and became a clerical worker. During World War I he was a conscientious objector. After a short time teaching he became an independent scholar, living very quietly. During the 1930s he collaborated on some short stories, with John Gawsworth in particular.
A friend and enthusiast of the Scottish novelist David Lindsay, Visiak wrote three short macabre novels, The Haunted Island, Medusa and The Shadow, and the autobiography Life's Morning Hour.
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[edit] Works
[edit] Poetry
- Buccaneer Ballads (1910)
- Flints and Flashes (1911)
- The Phantom Ship (1912)
- The Battle Fiends (1916)
[edit] Novels
- The Haunted Island (1910)
- Medusa: A Story of Mystery (1929)
- The Shadow (1936)
[edit] Literary Criticism
- Milton Agonistes: a metaphysical criticism (1923)
- Mirror of Conrad (1956)
- Portent of Milton: Some Aspects of His Genius (1968)
- The Strange Genius of David Lindsay (1970; with J. B. Pick and Colin Wilson)
[edit] As Editor
- The Mask of Comus (1937) editor
- Milton's Lament for Damon and his other Latin poems (1935; with Walter W. Skeat)
- Richards' Shilling Selections from Edwardian Poets (1936)
- Milton: Complete Poetry and Selected Prose, with English Metrical Translations of the Latin, Greek and Italian Poems (1938)
[edit] Autobiography
- Life's Morning Hour (1969)
