tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post5655611465883335932..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: Baroque asperityLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-4929014792084743912008-01-11T00:03:00.000-06:002008-01-11T00:03:00.000-06:00Thanks Levi. The copies I saw were $3 Cdn each...w...Thanks Levi. The copies I saw were $3 Cdn each...we're at par right now...looks like I'm not going to get quite the bang for the browse you did :)NigelBealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094387597632333192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-23032899561373966902008-01-10T23:55:00.000-06:002008-01-10T23:55:00.000-06:00I sure think her letters and journals are worth th...I sure think her letters and journals are worth the expense and time--though I think I only paid $1 for them, so I may not be the best judge. What I enjoy about the letters and journals is the help they give me in placing Pym: she seems so singular, so of herself, so separate from everything that's happening in literature as she's writing, that it's fun and instructive to see what she was reading and thinking about as she was writing.Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-28214733509574959512008-01-10T21:36:00.000-06:002008-01-10T21:36:00.000-06:00Hi Levi,Followed you here from Conversational Read...Hi Levi,<BR/><BR/>Followed you here from Conversational Reading, and then saw Barbara Pym in the categories section: turns out I saw not one, but two copies of her letter/journals at a second hand book store this afternoon...was tempted, but chose not to buy...is the book worth spending time with?<BR/><BR/>thanks, Nigel.NigelBealehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06094387597632333192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-56016722193376888552007-12-24T22:45:00.000-06:002007-12-24T22:45:00.000-06:00A very nice piece on Ivy, I must say. Her work doe...A very nice piece on Ivy, I must say. Her work does abound with the layered joke. Another wonderful example can be found in <I>More Women Than Men</I> (1933). Simon expresses a cliche, which is then reacted to by Felix and Gabriel. Here's the sequence:<BR/><BR/>"Yes, yes, there is more behind than in front; the past stretches further, the future less far," said Simon, speaking partly to himself. "The raod before gets short."<BR/><BR/>"I admire you for saying that," said Felix.<BR/><BR/>"We should have admired you more," said Gabriel, "if your saying it three times had not shown how you admired it yourself."<BR/><BR/>"I admired it more each time," said Felix. "I could hardly believe it the third time."Gary Morris, ed.https://www.blogger.com/profile/15283453325087840976noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-22244175396734842422007-12-16T09:53:00.000-06:002007-12-16T09:53:00.000-06:00Have been enjoying this site immensely, getting a ...Have been enjoying this site immensely, getting a flavour of all the things I'll never get around to reading, but I think it's likely I'll give IC-B a go, she seems right up my street, dark humour-wise.D Cairnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10011972431535816835noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-57803160188949120512007-12-14T17:48:00.000-06:002007-12-14T17:48:00.000-06:00should really get around to reading compton-burnet...should really get around to reading compton-burnett, especially after reading this post. my favorite line is "blinking her own eyelids." what a weird thing to say. i mean, whose eyelids would anyone blink except one's own?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com