George Allen Upward (20 September 1863 – 12 November 1926) was an English poet, author, and politician. Upward’s parents were Welsh, he studied in Dublin, and supported various nationalist movements, including Irish and Welsh. His bardic name was ‘Maenhir’. Erskine discussed his The New World in Guth na Bliadhna (‘Min-oilean nan Ceilteach,’ Autumn 1912).
Publications in Erskine’s Periodicals
- ‘Maenhir’: ‘Triad’ [poetry, ENG], Volume I, Issue 1 (July 1901)
- ‘The Divine Mystery’ [poetry, ENG], Volume X, Issue 3 (Summer 1913)
- ‘The Tax on Genius’ [essay, ENG], Issue 73, Volume 37 (Spring 1914)
- ‘The Plougher’ [poetry, ENG], Issue 75, Volume 37 (Autumn 1914)
Resources
- Matthew Vaughn, ‘Upward, Allen (1863-1926),’ Modernist Journals Project
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Bryant Knox, ‘Allen Upward and Ezra Pound,’ Paideuma: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics 3:1 (Spring 1974)