Edmund John (27 November 1883 – 28 February 1917) was a British

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school. His verses were modeled on the

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and other earlier poets. Much of his work was condemned by critics for being overly decadent and unfashionable. He fought in the

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but was invalided out in 1916. He died a year later in

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.*D'Arch Smith, Timothy (1970). ''Love in Earnest''. London: Routledge & Kegan Paul.

Bibliography

* ''The Flute of Sardonyx: Poems'' (1913) * ''The Wind in the Temple: Poems'' (1915) * ''Symphonie Symbolique'' (1919)

References

External links

''The Flute of Sardonyx: Poems'' (1913) at www.oldstilepress
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