tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post2086002003251823052..comments2024-03-28T19:56:32.848-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `The List Is Overwhelmingly Female'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-46040328096121658992013-08-08T05:11:44.886-05:002013-08-08T05:11:44.886-05:00Haha! I've just been to the original post, and...Haha! I've just been to the original post, and see that Patrick Hamilton is not a welcome suggestion! How funny...StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-24321974435185568582013-08-08T05:10:57.081-05:002013-08-08T05:10:57.081-05:00I've just bought Mr Beluncle, and I'm very...I've just bought Mr Beluncle, and I'm very encouraged to see a fan of Ivy Compton-Burnett and Henry Green also praising Pritchett! <br /><br />To the list of underrated 20th century male authors, I would add Patrick Hamilton - but I also find there are far more in the female camp.StuckInABookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10017836017530130716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-59603076594180090962013-03-11T13:15:08.808-05:002013-03-11T13:15:08.808-05:00I enjoyed West's The Fountain Overflows but co...I enjoyed West's <i>The Fountain Overflows</i> but couldn't get more than a few pages into any of her other fiction.<br /><br />"Read the books, not the writers" is good advice.Ian Wolcotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13824138231723753507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-22915477202507725202013-03-09T20:38:19.778-06:002013-03-09T20:38:19.778-06:00Re Shirley Hazzard and her status, I think it was ...Re Shirley Hazzard and her status, I think it was the novelist and poet David Malouf who, when asked who he thought was the best writer in all Australian literature, said, 'Shakespeare'. <br /><br />(Although, on going to search that reference out, I find instead this interesting interview - http://www.austlit.edu.au/common/fulltext-content/pdfs/brn135364/brn135364.pdf -with Malouf, in which he seems to be more inclined to define literature by origin - or at least to acknowledge that audiences are not always uninfluenced by a writer's origin. This comment is getting absurdly lengthy and appears to be contradicting itself, but never mind.)zmkchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08972549292961948240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-4396837304737947802013-03-09T19:08:52.494-06:002013-03-09T19:08:52.494-06:00I wish it were possible to read and debate books t...I wish it were possible to read and debate books that are good rather than the gender of the writer. But it's easier to count than to read.Bill Peschelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257587479467531187noreply@blogger.com