[Ads-l] antedating of 'magical realist'

[James Eric Lawson]

'magic realist', OEDO 1943 (derivative of 'magic realism'):

Review of _Thomas Hardy: Life and Art_
Type: Journal Article
Author: Coley Taylor
URL: 
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.32106019610408&view=1up&seq=319&q1=magic%20realist
Volume: 1925
Pages: 295
Publication: Book review digest
ISSN: 0006-7326
Date: 1925
Place: Bronx, N.Y.
Publisher: H.W. Wilson Co.
Accessed: 1/11/2023, 10:26:16 PM
Archive: HathiTrust

     Extract: They are not, however, among the great things written
     by England's magic realist [sc. Thomas Hardy].

     Term: magic realist

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James Eric Lawson

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