David Blaize is a novel of school life by English author Edward Frederic Benson. The first edition was published in 1916 by Hodder and Stoughton, London.
Set in England before World War I, the novel describes David's years at prep school and public school, his studies, sports and friendships, and finally, his brush with death when he stops a runaway horse.David Blaize. Viewforth Press. Los Angeles, Calif., 2010, pp. vii-xii. Central to the plot is David's intense, but non-physical homoerotic romance (styled as a romantic friendship) with Frank Maddox, a head boy at public school.
Sequels A second novel, David Blaize and the Blue Door, set in David's early childhood, was published in 1918.David Blaize and the Blue Door at Fantastic Fiction In contrast to the first book, it is a fantasy in the style of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, set in a dream landscape permeated with nonsense.Alternative Alices: Visions and Revisions of Lewis Carroll's Alice Books, edited by Carolyn Sigler, University Press of Kentucky, Feb 5, 2015, p. 299–328
David of King's (published in the United States as David Blaize of King's) is Benson's 1924 sequel to David Blaize.David of King's. Viewforth Press. Los Angeles, Calif., 2010, pp. vii-xii. It follows David's university career at King's College, Cambridge. It was also re-published in 2010 with a new introduction and literary notes by Dr. Craig Paterson for Viewforth Press.David of King's at Viewforth Press
References
External links David Blaize and other Benson first editions
David Blaize at the Internet Archive
David Blaize and the Blue Door at the Internet Archive David of Kings at the Internet Archive