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Ford Madox Ford (17 December 1873 – 26 June 1939), born Ford Hermann Hueffer ( ),〔Daniel Jones, ''Everyman's English Pronouncing Dictionary'', 13th ed. (rev. A.C. Gimson; London: Dent, 1967), p. 236.〕 was an English novelist, poet, critic and editor whose journals, ''The English Review'' and ''The Transatlantic Review'', were instrumental in the development of early 20th-century English literature. Ford is now remembered for his publications ''The Good Soldier'' (1915), the ''Parade's End'' tetralogy (1924–28) and ''The Fifth Queen'' trilogy (1906–08). ''The Good Soldier'' is frequently included among the great literature of the 20th century, including the Modern Library 100 Best Novels,〔(Modern Library, "100 Best Novels" ), 20 July 1998〕 The Observer's "100 Greatest Novels of All Time",〔(LibraryThing, "Book awards: The Observer's 100 Greatest Novels of All Time" )〕 and The Guardian's "1000 novels everyone must read".〔(The Guardian, "1000 novels everyone must read" ), guardian.co.uk, Friday 23 January 2009〕 ==Biography== Ford was born in Wimbledon〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=s24bAgAAQBAJ&pg=PT9&lpg=PT9&dq=ford+madox+ford+kingston+road&source=bl&ots=97eEgS0ai0&sig=p_oQPR-Y_p9jMrK5DU62IgLEHn4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=lxbtUvDINabQ7Ab444CoDA&ved=0CDUQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=ford%20madox%20ford%20kingston%20road&f=false )〕 to Catherine Madox Brown and Francis Hueffer, the eldest of three; his brother was Oliver Madox Hueffer. Ford's father, who became music critic for ''The Times'', was German and his mother English. His paternal grandfather Johann Hermann Hüffer was first to publish Westphalian poet and author Annette von Droste-Hülshoff. Ford used the name of Ford Madox Hueffer, but in 1919 he changed it to Ford Madox Ford (allegedly after World War I because "Hueffer" sounded too Germanic〔Ernest Hemingway, ''A Moveable Feast''.〕) in honour of his grandfather, the Pre-Raphaelite painter Ford Madox Brown, whose biography he had written. In 1889, after the death of his father, Ford and Oliver went to live with their grandfather in London. Ford graduated from the University College School in London, but never attended university. In 1894, Ford eloped with his school girlfriend Elsie Martindale. The couple were married in Gloucester and moved to Bonnington. In 1901, the couple moved to Winchelsea.〔 The couple had two daughters, Christina (born 1897) and Katharine (born 1900). Ford's neighbors in Winchelsea included the authors Henry James and H.G. Wells.〔 In 1904, Ford suffered an agoraphobic breakdown due to financial and marital problems. He went to Germany to spend time with family there and undergo cure treatments.〔 Between 1918 and 1927 he lived with Stella Bowen, an Australian artist twenty years his junior. In 1920, Ford and Bowen had a daughter, Julia Madox Ford.〔The Saddest Story. A Mizener. 1971.〕 In the summer of 1927, the New York Times reported that Maddox had converted a mill building in Avignon, France into a home and workshop that he called "Le Vieux Moulin". The article implied that Ford was reunited with his wife at this point. Ford spent the last years of his life teaching at Olivet College in Olivet, Michigan. Ford died in Deauville, France, at the age of 65. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ford Madox Ford」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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