tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post8579192268837970377..comments2024-03-26T17:38:35.264+00:00Comments on Catherine Curzon: Keats, Endymion, and Blackwood’s Edinburgh MagazineCatherine Curzonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-85251423750568291282015-04-22T07:10:14.269+01:002015-04-22T07:10:14.269+01:00Indeed! ;-)Indeed! ;-)Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-59578746801399663762015-04-22T00:25:16.695+01:002015-04-22T00:25:16.695+01:00So true, Carol! And it is really a shame because ...So true, Carol! And it is really a shame because genius and creativity in the arts come from all backgrounds and genders. Thank you for your comment! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-15681210983978420392015-04-22T00:18:50.482+01:002015-04-22T00:18:50.482+01:00Thank you for the comment, Renee, and I totally ag...Thank you for the comment, Renee, and I totally agree! There is an old joke I heard when I was in law school: "When the facts are weak, argue the law. When the law is weak, argue the facts. When both are weak, call each other names." There is an element of truth in that, I feel, and whenever an article or review devolves into a personal attack, I become really suspicious about the validity of the criticism. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-21041174065959506922015-04-21T22:01:57.093+01:002015-04-21T22:01:57.093+01:00Don't you think that Lockhart's review and...Don't you think that Lockhart's review and the humbug about it promoted Keats' poetry more than anything else? So all the Keats' fans should thank him :)Marie Michlováhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199374769954058234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-49121314752748233822015-04-21T21:46:05.246+01:002015-04-21T21:46:05.246+01:00I believe he was quite right! ;-)I believe he was quite right! ;-)Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-78047889572761796652015-04-21T21:45:38.718+01:002015-04-21T21:45:38.718+01:00Hear, hear!Hear, hear!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-75012431360232957442015-04-21T18:25:45.765+01:002015-04-21T18:25:45.765+01:00That is a lovely film--it's been said that Kea...That is a lovely film--it's been said that Keats' struggle over his poetry was finally resolved when he fell in love with Fanny Brawn. Then he wrote Bright Star--the beloved Hyperion and Ode to a Grecian Urn following in its wake. Wasn't it Mr. Darcy who said that poetry cannot exist with love--or perhaps the other way around?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-62429165893454617432015-04-21T18:07:21.088+01:002015-04-21T18:07:21.088+01:00Sticks and stones are not the only things that hur...Sticks and stones are not the only things that hurt: words do have tremendous power to build up or tear down. Honest and unbiased reviews are necessary and helpful to the writer and reader alike, whether positive or negative, but disputes over personal preferences or prejudices are best dealt with in private. It is always important to me to separate reality from rhetoric, whether it's a review of a book, the platform of a political candidate, or the latest medical miracle advice. When a reviewer, candidate, or anyone strays from their purported subject and into the personal, they lose credibility with me. I've always thought Lockhart's review tells me much more about him than Keats' Endymion. Fantastic article, Mimi!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00667350002236253629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-13084706744697706482015-04-21T15:20:27.192+01:002015-04-21T15:20:27.192+01:00I haven't seen that film in too long; a re-wat...I haven't seen that film in too long; a re-watch is due!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-47161229142336989942015-04-21T15:19:55.500+01:002015-04-21T15:19:55.500+01:00Plus ca change indeed, the chicklit vs literary is...Plus ca change indeed, the chicklit vs literary is a conversation I was having just yesterday!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-59480084412526174932015-04-21T15:19:27.458+01:002015-04-21T15:19:27.458+01:00Thank you for the fascinating post!Thank you for the fascinating post!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-3067499010825414792015-04-21T15:19:15.194+01:002015-04-21T15:19:15.194+01:00A lovely way of looking at it!A lovely way of looking at it!Catherine Curzonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763562687608837832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-26636027606994092512015-04-21T12:50:51.159+01:002015-04-21T12:50:51.159+01:00Byron appreciated the 18th century poets like Pope...Byron appreciated the 18th century poets like Pope. he tried to wrote in that style. He disliked the Lake Poets as well.<br />Keats didn't live long enough to have much biographical material for critics to play with unlike Shelley and Byron There is a movie, Bright Star that purports to be about his love for a Miss Brown. Not a high society costume drama so hasn't received much attention. I do not swear to its accuracy, but, then few movies or even biographies of people of the era are accurate. It is difficult to wring drama ( pathos yes, but not much drama) out of the life of a man who wrote beautiful poetry and died young. His poetry is eternal.Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-31795329513519490802015-04-21T08:53:58.367+01:002015-04-21T08:53:58.367+01:00Poetry was considered the territory of the public ...Poetry was considered the territory of the public school, classicly trained man. Keats, like John Clare, didn't fit into either the class nor the educative mould. The same thing happened in the Victorian period (my literary area) with female novelists, who were forced to adopt androgynous identities to get their work published. The same happens today with the snobbery over such genres as chicklit versus the ''literary novel''. Plus ca changeCarol Hedgeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10359578624109905400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-70180761049137913362015-04-21T03:16:41.171+01:002015-04-21T03:16:41.171+01:00Thank you so much for your comment! Yes, at the t...Thank you so much for your comment! Yes, at the time many did think poetry was solely the province of aristocrats like Lord Byron. That Keats had been an apothecary was a also a big strike against him. Love your comparison to a cask of fine jewels, by the way!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-839525549786745818.post-31175812752083989892015-04-21T01:02:50.556+01:002015-04-21T01:02:50.556+01:00Thanks, Mimi. I knew about the criticism but didn&...Thanks, Mimi. I knew about the criticism but didn't know the author or other details. Quite a few thought poetry was an occupation for aristocrats. Keats might have not have left a great output but it is like a cask of fine jewels.. Regencyresearcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10828749339318882968noreply@blogger.com