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New York Times in New York, New York

12 Dec 1908

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New York Times

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New York, New York, United States of America

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Dec 12, 1908

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21

Author Atherton Examines Genius and Madness Link

The article surveys Mrs. Atherton's novel The Gorgeous Isle and her claim that genius may arise under liquor. It recounts her arrival in Munich, plans to live as a "bird of passage," and her aim to write across multiple locales while dismissing Munich as a distracting vice.

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Euch Grasset Jane Mer California New York Munich Isle Hotel Wellington Adirondacks Ymyself America Warner
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Quiet Essay on the Poet Dowson and a Modern Writer

The narrator recalls meeting the poet Dowson in a Brittany village hotel where a hopeful friendship kept him from relapse. Dowson later dies in London amid poverty or sudden inheritance, illustrating the fragile turn of a gifted life. The tale then shifts to a second, unnamed writer whose international fame and enduring English language impact are highlighted as the other half of the story.

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Bee Brittany Ernest Dawson Arthur Symons Tim Symone Dawson Dowson Pqieedid Ates Iedittaistiieh Kia Viatt Willie Abe Dowovik Loren Jen London Warner Lonig
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