author
Percival Pollard
1869–1911
A sharp-tongued literary critic and fiction writer, he built a reputation on energetic, highly personal essays about modern literature and the arts. His life moved from Germany to England and then the United States, giving his work an unusually international outlook for its time.
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The Imitator: A Novel
by Percival Pollard
Cape of Storms: A Novel
by Percival Pollard
About the author
Joseph Percival Pollard was born in Greifswald, Pomerania, on January 29, 1869, to English and German parents. He was educated in England and came to the United States in 1885. He went on to become known as an American literary critic, novelist, and short-story writer.
Pollard wrote for newspapers and magazines and earned particular notice as a critic. Accounts of his career describe him as an enthusiastic interpreter of contemporary European writing, and his criticism was often remembered for being bold, subjective, and lively rather than dry or academic. Alongside his criticism, he also published fiction and other literary works.
He died on December 17, 1911. Though he is not as widely read today as some of his contemporaries, Pollard remains an interesting figure for readers curious about early modern literary culture and the energetic world of turn-of-the-century criticism.