tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post1911129115991677452..comments2024-02-05T01:55:53.566-08:00Comments on Gently Mad: Ezra Pound by Peter Ackroyd, Rudyard Kipling by Kingsley Amis and Conrad by Norman SherrySharon Wilfonghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-22552210506672464012016-03-25T22:07:47.258-07:002016-03-25T22:07:47.258-07:00Hi Brian! Thanks for visiting. I was beginning t...Hi Brian! Thanks for visiting. I was beginning to wonder because you're usually the first person to comment on my blog.<br /><br />I know what you mean about reading biographies and this is actually the first time in my life that I have started reading bios. <br /><br />I don't know why. I go through phases and I have developed a strong interest in reading about the lives of writers I like.<br /><br />But it's a tricky business finding reliable sources; some authors are more biased than others. Which means I need to read many reviews of who is considered the best authority and then read more than one biography myself.<br /><br />I will be reviewing many of these biographies in the near future. Hopefully they will be about people you are interested in and that will save you a little time, perhaps.<br /><br />As for Ezra, I need to read more sources before I feel sure I know what he's about. He does seem to have gone off the deep end.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-48170956432291168222016-03-25T20:27:12.242-07:002016-03-25T20:27:12.242-07:00Hi Sharon - It seems that your posts have not been...Hi Sharon - It seems that your posts have not been showing up in my blog reader. I am working to get that resolved.<br /><br />These biographies sound very good. I am always torn about reading books like this however. There are so many of the actual works to read and reading time is so scarce, I ask myself whether i want to read biographies or actual books by the authors themselves. <br /><br />I never knew that Pound was such a bad character. Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-25092542641624422022016-03-21T19:51:24.419-07:002016-03-21T19:51:24.419-07:00Hi Cleopatra. I had read that about Eliot and Lew...Hi Cleopatra. I had read that about Eliot and Lewis. From the book, I don't think Pound was nice to Eliot, even though Eliot was supportive of Pound.<br /><br />I didn't know that it was Charles Williams that brought Eliot and Lewis together. How interesting. I have only recently discovered Williams literature. I've read a few of his stories and they are fascinating.<br /><br />I agree with you. Autobiographies are certainly interesting and provide insight into people but I like to read other sources as well in order to get a more objective view.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-60421418092890388732016-03-21T19:48:11.145-07:002016-03-21T19:48:11.145-07:00Hi Phyllis. I truly do not think Ezra was a happy...Hi Phyllis. I truly do not think Ezra was a happy man. He was an intensely selfish man which would explain his sad life, I think.<br />Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-41928885611918942212016-03-21T09:59:29.776-07:002016-03-21T09:59:29.776-07:00So interesting! With my biography project, I wish...So interesting! With my biography project, I wish the list had focussed on biographies like these, but I can tell that they were trying to choose autobiographies ..... sensible, but after a while it gets tiring.<br /><br />I was just at a university lecture about C.S. Lewis and his friend Dom. Bede Griffiths, and they mentioned how Lewis and Eliot had a sort of "tiff" and that Lewis disliked Ezra Pound's influence on him. Thanks to your review, I now know why. Fortunately Charles Williams brought Lewis and Eliot together and they buried their differences. <br /><br />Thanks for these great reviews! It's helpful to have information about authors before you read their works as it helps you to understand them better.Cleohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13152128642971612433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-76647066242584335572016-03-21T07:34:27.038-07:002016-03-21T07:34:27.038-07:00are all of Ezra Pounds pictures so morose? I would...are all of Ezra Pounds pictures so morose? I would think so, according to the description of his life. Phyllis Winnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15267232631003939638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-54628380598096892802016-03-21T06:48:16.562-07:002016-03-21T06:48:16.562-07:00Hi Chris! Lately, I, too, have become interested ...Hi Chris! Lately, I, too, have become interested in the ex-patriot group in Paris of the 1920s. Actually the time period from WWI to WWII interest me. I like the photographs from the period as well as the writers.Sharon Wilfonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17466621290140789056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-948826710613032587.post-30023555788149358722016-03-20T22:36:00.368-07:002016-03-20T22:36:00.368-07:00Great post Sharon! It is interesting that you wro...Great post Sharon! It is interesting that you wrote about Rudyard Kipling because I was just thinking about him while my girls were watching one of their favorite movies "The Jungle Book"! His biography sound fascinating with his strange upbringing. The Conrad and Ezra Pound biography also sound very interesting. I have always been interested in Paris in the 1920's when all the great artist like Hemingway, Fitzgerald, Picasso, Braque, and Dali hung out there. It will be interesting to learn more about Ezra Pounds time in Paris.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05683772282736536215noreply@blogger.com