Question
This author wrote an explanatory narrative connecting the contents of letters between her and her partner Valentine Ackland for a book that was published as I'll Stand By You. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this author who collected satirical stories about places like Brocéliande and Elfhame in her final book, Kingdoms of Elfin. In another of her novels, Laura makes a pact with Satan to escape her controlling family.
ANSWER: Sylvia Townsend Warner (The other novel is Lolly Willowes.)
[10m] In 1967 Warner published the only biography of this other English author. In his most famous series, the novel The Candle in the Wind concludes the story of an orphan formerly known as “Wart.”
ANSWER: T. H. White [or Terence Hanbury White; or Tim White]
[10e] Warner's first book of poetry, 1925's The Espalier (eh-SPAL-yer), displayed an ironic approach to the pastoral that was praised by this similarly-inclined poet of A Shropshire Lad.
ANSWER: A. E. Housman [or Alfred Edward Housman]
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Summary
| 2023 BHSU @ Berkeley | 03/18/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU Online | 04/15/2023 | Y | 4 | 12.50 | 100% | 25% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Sheffield | 04/15/2023 | Y | 2 | 15.00 | 100% | 50% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Waterloo | 04/15/2023 | Y | 3 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
| 2023 BHSU @ Yale | 04/08/2023 | Y | 3 | 23.33 | 100% | 100% | 33% |
Data
| meet the new weird, same as the old weird | Olmo (Bonus) Bagelry | 10 | 10 | 10 | 30 |
| nats is supposed to mean you all have gone soft | Columbia B | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |
| UG Championship Players (and Mazin) | Watching Arthur Delot-Vilain at Chicago Open Made Me Like French People Again | 0 | 10 | 10 | 20 |