Basil de Sélincourt (19 August 1876 – 16 February 1966) was a

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and journalist. In 1902 he married the orientalist Beryl de Zoete, but the marriage failed, and in 1908 he married the writer

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(1873–1935). Basil de Sélincourt's third wife was Julia Sanford Chapin De Sélincourt died in

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in February 1966.

Works

*''Giotto'' (1905) *''William Blake'' (1909) *''Walt Whitman A Critical Study'' (1914) *''The English Secret and Other Essays'' (1923)"THE ENGLISH SECRET, and Other Essays: By Basil de Selincourt"
''The Spectator''. Retrieved 28 August 2013. *''The Religion of the Spirit'' (1927) *''Selected Poems of William Blake'' (1927) editor *''Pomona or the Future of English'' (1928) *''Towards Peace and Other Essays Critical or Constructive'' (1932) *''Enjoyment of Music'' (

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) *''Anne Douglas Sedgwick: A Portrait in Letters'' (1936)

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