tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post8818107320136076748..comments2024-03-27T06:25:29.002-05:00Comments on Anecdotal Evidence: `To Keep Abreast of the Essentials First'Patrick Kurphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08436175583386298032noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-80456963872415522452014-11-14T12:55:52.430-06:002014-11-14T12:55:52.430-06:00A good quality in a biographer is his ability to i...A good quality in a biographer is his ability to identify the issues in the life of the subject which are truly of interest and which might, in a sense, define them (if a person can be defined). For example Andrew Motion's "A Writer's Life" on Larkin clearly highlights the diffidence, dithering and bad faith in his relationships with several women. This is important as it informs his poetry so much. He's good on Keats too. Motion a better biographer than poet?Subbuteohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11263202102536057266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21999805.post-85018230295875299942014-11-14T11:42:43.776-06:002014-11-14T11:42:43.776-06:00Only volume one of the projected three volume biog...Only volume one of the projected three volume biography of the Beatles by Mark Lewisohn has been published (or even written)- my wife thoroughly enjoyed it and I learned a lot of interesting trivia from her. At any rate, the Beatles had a huge impact on society and were pretty talented to boot.drizzzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03032435453362480868noreply@blogger.com