I'm saddened to report on the passing of poet and literary critic Glen Cavaliero at the age of 92. He is perhaps best-known for his scholarship on John Cowper Powys, and Charles Williams, though readers of Wormwoodiana will honor him for his championing of the neglected novelist Phyllis Paul. I first learned of Phyllis Paul in Cavaliero's fine book, The Supernatural and English Fiction (Oxford University Press, 1995), in which he devoted part of a chapter to Paul's novels. Cavaliero also published two of his volumes of poetry with Tartarus Press, Steeple on the Hill (1997) and The Justice of the Night (2007), and contributed to Wormwood and wrote introductions for the Tartarus Press editions of Elizabeth Jane Howard's Three Miles Up (2003) and Robert Aickman's Dark Entries (2011). I've seen a few obituaries so far, one by his college here, and another a the The Powys Society webpage here.
I'm indebted to Dr. Cavaliero for Phyllis Paul too, the tantalizing mention in the Charles Williams book. I got around to looking up a library copy of Twice Lost in 1990....
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spent enjoyable supervisions in his house in Cambridge, trying to stay focused in the warmth and relishing his sensitive interpretations of the works we were discussing
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