tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post1373527076835669317..comments2024-03-28T21:32:26.550+00:00Comments on Bruce Charlton's Notions: Whatever happened to DH Lawrence?Bruce Charltonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-42396822126321336692014-08-05T05:52:18.270+01:002014-08-05T05:52:18.270+01:00@JG - The novelist that people are most interested...@JG - The novelist that people are most interested by - the Jane-mania may be fading, but for the past couple of decades in England this has been Austen. She has always been much appreciated, but it didn't become mainstream until more recently. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-9346783299604123502014-08-05T03:24:00.861+01:002014-08-05T03:24:00.861+01:00Bruce, can you briefly elaborate on what you mean ...Bruce, can you briefly elaborate on what you mean about Jane Austen replacing DHL in public esteem? I find this comment a little puzzling.John Goeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00206464455510064541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-86634318055269471642014-08-04T22:51:36.971+01:002014-08-04T22:51:36.971+01:00I should add that the classic novelist who has rep...I should add that the classic novelist who has replaced DHL in general public esteem is Jane Austen. Both come with the FR Leavis imprimatur. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-77806070685933088672014-08-04T22:43:50.456+01:002014-08-04T22:43:50.456+01:00Lawrence had very little impact, if any, on my gen...Lawrence had very little impact, if any, on my generation in America. The educated found him unexciting, while the uneducated have never heard of him.pyrrhushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06150605108788285274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-87329493017839773432014-08-04T20:33:59.632+01:002014-08-04T20:33:59.632+01:00@Bill - Well phrased.
@Smith - it depends what y...@Bill - Well phrased. <br /><br />@Smith - it depends what you mean by popular. Lawrence was a high status writer, and a wide range of people found him fascinating. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-33309634019658788832014-08-04T20:33:57.225+01:002014-08-04T20:33:57.225+01:00@Bill - Well phrased.
@Smith - it depends what y...@Bill - Well phrased. <br /><br />@Smith - it depends what you mean by popular. Lawrence was a high status writer, and a wide range of people found him fascinating. Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-82949357673606914642014-08-04T19:35:40.405+01:002014-08-04T19:35:40.405+01:00Was he a popular writer with young women? Was he a popular writer with young women? Smithnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4683970826895755480.post-58130366204003843652014-08-04T19:18:11.145+01:002014-08-04T19:18:11.145+01:00The questions then are, would those culture warrio...The questions then are, would those culture warriors admit that their project was "to live an engaged and purposeful life without God, without marriage and without a family"? And would they acknowledge that this has failed and what would they say was their current project? Or do they shamelessly pretend that the old chains still need throwing off?Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07010574198254113925noreply@blogger.com