Ribh's D'Coopage

[MaryJanet]

I have found her novels difficult. The imagery is often exquisite but they can be hard work. Maybe I should join you & actually finish one...

She always reminds me of Sylvia Plath ~ though that may just be because of the propensity to suicide...

Likewise. Both deeply troubled creatives.

 

[MaryJanet]

To be fair, both women carried their psychological burdens for quite some time before saying farewell. And both wrote sincere and thoughtful letters to their loved ones before their final acts.

 

[MaryJanet]

I think we should both read The Voyage Out and see how much deconstruction and critiquery and mischief we can extract from it!

 

[Ribh]

Likewise. Both deeply troubled creatives.

I have always deeply enjoyed Sylvia Plath's work though I couldn't ever understand why she married Ted Hughes, whom I find disturbing in very fundamental ways.

 

[Ribh]

I think we should both read The Voyage Out and see how much deconstruction and critiquery and mischief we can extract from it!

OK. I'll let you know when I've got hold of a copy. My library probably holds a copy but I'd best order my own on~line. I can see me being super slow on this one.

 

[MaryJanet]

I have always deeply enjoyed Sylvia Plath's work though I couldn't ever understand why she married Ted Hughes, whom I find disturbing in very fundamental ways.

I don't know much about him. He was a writer too wasn't he?

In Woolf's case her husband Leonard was a priceless gem of a man who took fastidious care of her. I think we owe her later work to him and his wholehearted commitment to his wife's well-being.

 

[MaryJanet]

Me too!! Don't worry, we can go at snails pace together.

OK. I'll let you know when I've got hold of a copy. My library probably holds a copy but I'd best order my own on~line. I can see me being super slow on this one.

 

[Ribh]

I don't know much about him. He was a writer too wasn't he?

In Woolf's case her husband Leonard was a priceless gem of a man who took fastidious care of her. I think we owe her later work to him and his wholehearted commitment to his wife's well-being.

Hughes was Poet Laureate from 1984 ~1998. His early poems, which are the ones I studied, can be quite savage. I might feel differently about them now but back then I couldn't cope with them @ all so I never followed his work.

 

[Ribh]

Me too!! Don't worry, we can go at snails pace together.

 

[MaryJanet]

I've requested a hard copy from the library, which they'll have to retrieve from storage. I asked for it before Thursday. So I should be ok to start reading next weekend, although I won't start without you.

I figure I can buy and switch to my own copy later if I want to.