The Flax of Dream

The Flax of Dream

The Beautiful Years Dandelion Days The Dream of Fair Women The Pathway
Author	Henry Williamson
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Publisher	Faber & Faber
Published	1921–1928

The Flax of Dream is a novel tetralogy by the English writer Henry Williamson. It portrays Willie Maddison and his career in rural Devon, as he tries to write a book about spiritual and political renewal, and during World War I. ^[1]

The novels are partially autobiographical; Williamson described Maddison as his "brother". ^[2] The series was influenced by the works of the nature writer Richard Jefferies, both stylistically and in its pantheistic themes. ^{[3] [4]}

The series consists of The Beautiful Years (1921), Dandelion Days (1922), The Dream of Fair Women: A Tale of Youth after the Great War (1924) and The Pathway (1928). It was first published in a single volume in 1936. ^[3]

References

1. Head, Dominic (2017). Modernity and the English Rural Novel. Cambridge University Press. pp. 37–43. ISBN   9781107039131.
2. Sutherland, John (2012). Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 Lives. Yale University Press. ISBN   9780300182439.
3. Erll, Astrid (2020). "Williamson, Henry: The Flax of Dream". In Arnold, H.L. (ed.). Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart: J.B. Metzler. doi:10.1007/978-3-476-05728-0_17404-1.
4. Cavaliero, Glen (1977). "The Land of Lost Content: Henry Williamson, Llewelyn Powys". The Rural Tradition in the English Novel 1900–1939. London: Palgrave Macmillan. doi:10.1007/978-1-349-03351-5_8.