RIP A. S. Byatt

[Johnny Marr]

I liked it a lot without having that deep a knowledge of the poetry, I
thought it worked at a more immediate page turning level beyond the
postmodern playfulness and allusions

Did anyone try the Tetralogy?

On Saturday, November 18, 2023, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:

> Romantic poetry has no appeal to me at all (though, when I hit Red Dragon,
> I'm glad I had read some Blake), and I too admit that it's my fault, but it
> serves an essential function in the book. It's worth persevering.
>
> It's kinda like "Is Pale Fire good poetry?" To which I can only answer "if
> it isn't, it is very good bad poetry."
>
> But even though Harold Bloom and I are bonded at the hip with respect to
> Pale Fire and CoL49, that is the dead end of any comparison. So govern
> yourself accordingly.
>
> love,
> cfa
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023, 5:41 PM Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I had trouble with *Possession, *which i'll blame on myself and a simple
> > twist of fate.
> > Couldn't feel the age; didn't know it but very superficially and the plot
> > felt ....forced
> > not organic........I never finished it but, again, I feel my mind was
> never
> > all there with it....
> >
> > I liked a couple shorter things better......Maybe I was just always too
> > busy to follow a longer plot
> > easily....
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 1:57 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Period satire could veer towards insider playtime. But I do expect
> (hope)
> > > Posession to have more depth than such style/culture formal play.
> > >
> > > On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 1:26 PM Paul Cray <pmcray at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > It's a very good book, although it probably helps to be Adam Roberts
> (
> > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Roberts_(British_writer)) to get
> > the
> > > > most out of it. The Victorian poet whose life and work the novel
> turns
> > > > around is a mashup of Browning and Tennyson. I suspect the faked up
> > poems
> > > > are hilarious(*) to a Victorianist!
> > > >
> > > > (*) In that they presumably raise many a wry eyebrow and chortle of
> > > > recognition.
> > > >
> > > > Paul
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 17 Nov 2023 at 09:32, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >> Thanks cfa,
> > > >>
> > > >> I’ve just ordered Posession from AbeBooks for the *free shipping*
> > price
> > > of
> > > >> $4!  I’m always interested in a new author recommendation from a
> > > respected
> > > >> source, and who can resist SUCH A DEAL ($4!) !
> > > >>
> > > >> David Morris
> > > >>
> > > >> On Fri, Nov 17, 2023 at 10:37 AM Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com
> >
> > > >> wrote:
> > > >>
> > > >> > A.S. Byatt, Scholar Who Found Literary Fame With Fiction, Dies at
> 87
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I am eternally indebted to the friend who insisted I must read
> > > >> Possession.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > love,
> > > >> >
> > > >> > cfa
> > > >> > --
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