Ronald Firbank

Ronald Firbank was a writer (1886–1926). He was born at London and died at Rome.

Also recorded as Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank; Firbank, Arthur Annesley Ronald, 1886-1926.

Ronald Firbank in brief

Born
1886
Died
1926
Known for
writer
Place of birth
London
Contents

Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the headings Arthur Annesley Ronald Firbank and Firbank, Arthur Annesley Ronald, 1886-1926. His recorded language was English. His recorded confession was Catholicism.

Catalogued works

37 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and The Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Valmouth. The wind & the roses. La princesse aux soleils ; & Harmonie. Prancing nigger. Concerning the eccentricities of Cardinal Pirelli. Five Novels of Ronald Firbank. Five Novels. MEMOIRS AND CRITIQUES. Vainglory. Sorrow in sunlight, by Ronald Firbank. Santal. Odette D'Antrevernes. Inclinations. The flower beneath the foot. An early Flemish painter. The works of Ronald Firbank. Two early stories. The Princess Zoubaroff. The flower beneath the foot; being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived. The complete Ronald Firbank. 3 more novels. The artificial princess. Complete plays. Complete short stories. The Early Firbank. Extravaganzas. Far away. Firbankiana (Hanuman Books; 30). Inclination. La princesse aux soleils. Les excentricités du cardinal Pirelli. Letters to his mother 1920-1924 and La princesse aux soleils. New Rythum and Other Pieces. Santal (Sun and Moon Classics). Three Novels. Three novels: Vainglory; Inclinations; Caprice. Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People, dated 1916, illustrations: commercial process, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory Museum Accession.9.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 2 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

7 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Firbank, (Arthur Annesley) Ronald (1886–1926), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017. Firbank, (Arthur Annesley) Ronald, (1886–21 May 1926), writer, Who Was Who, 2007. Firbank, Ronald, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. Firbank, Ronald: Caprice, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020. With a Copy of Ronald Firbank, Sapphics and Uncertainties, 1995. Excerpted from The Days and Nights of the Lotus Trio, Current Musicology, 2013. Alan Hollinghurst/Ronald Firbank: Camp Filiation as an Aesthetic of the Outrageous, Études Britanniques Contemporaines, 2013.

Digitised editions and texts

14 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Complete plays (1994) — Internet Archive. The Flower Beneath the Foot (1924) — Internet Archive. I1 Cardinal Pirelli (1964) — Internet Archive. Santal Ronald Firbank 1921 (1921) — Internet Archive. Caprice (1897) — Internet Archive. Valmouth [Illustrated edition] (1956) — Internet Archive. Three Novels: Vainglory, Inclinations, Caprice (1950) — Internet Archive. Vainglory, (1925) — Internet Archive. Inclinations (1816) — Internet Archive. the princess zoubaroff (1920) — Internet Archive. the flower beneath the poot (1924) — Internet Archive. Sorrow in Sunlight — Project Gutenberg. The flower beneath the foot : $b being a record of the early life of St. Laura de Nazianzi and the times in which she lived — Project Gutenberg. Odette: A Fairy Tale for Weary People — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 15 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 12 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

Chronology

  1. 1886Ronald Firbank born at London.
  2. 1897Caprice digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1920the princess zoubaroff digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1921Santal Ronald Firbank 1921 digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1924The Flower Beneath The Foot digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1924The Flower Beneath the Foot digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1926Ronald Firbank died at Rome.
  8. 1930Vainglory digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1956Valmouth [Illustrated edition] digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Firbank, (Arthur Annesley) Ronald (1886–1926), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2017

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Firbank, (Arthur Annesley) Ronald, (1886–21 May 1926), writer, Who Was Who, 2007

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Firbank, Ronald, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Firbank, Ronald: Caprice, Kindlers Literatur Lexikon (KLL), 2020

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    Open Library author record for Ronald Firbank (Internet Archive), 68 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  6. 6.

    With a Copy of Ronald Firbank, Sapphics and Uncertainties, 1995

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  7. 7.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 2 articles naming Ronald Firbank.

    open access index · Unverified

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  8. 8.

    Internet Archive, 26 digitised items catalogued under Ronald Firbank as creator.

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  9. 9.

    Project Gutenberg holds 4 full texts attributed to Ronald Firbank.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Ronald Firbank (2 objects).

    museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2706580: Ronald Firbank

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Ronald Firbank”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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