Desmond MacCarthy

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Desmond MacCarthy was a British literary critic and essayist associated with early 20th-century modernist circles and known for his influential journalism and book reviews.

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instanceOf essayist
human
journalist
literary critic
associatedWith Bloomsbury Group
surface form: Bloomsbury intellectuals

early 20th-century modernist circles
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1877-05-20
dateOfDeath 1952-06-07
educatedAt Eton College
Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer New Statesman
The New Republic
The Sunday Times
fieldOfWork journalism
literary criticism
literature
genre essays
journalism
literary criticism
hasFamilyName MacCarthy
hasGivenName Desmond
influenced British literary journalism
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf Bloomsbury Group
movement modernism
notableFor book reviews
journalism
literary criticism
radio talks on literature
notableWork Criticism
Experience
The Craft of Criticism
occupation book reviewer
essayist
journalist
literary critic
placeOfBirth Plymouth
placeOfDeath Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge
positionHeld literary critic for The Sunday Times
literary editor of the New Statesman
relative Rachel MacCarthy
Stephen MacCarthy
residence Cambridge, England
surface form: Cambridge

London, England
surface form: London
sexOrGender male
spouse Mary MacCarthy

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Bloomsbury Group hasMember Desmond MacCarthy