Comments on: Dorothy Richardson:The Forgotten Virginia Woolf

By: Louisa Treger

Louisa Treger — Mon, 02 Mar 2020 08:20:51 +0000

In reply to Randy Kraft. I am happy to hear that! Thank you.

By: Randy Kraft

Randy Kraft — Fri, 28 Feb 2020 15:21:40 +0000

Well here I thought I was familiar with VW’s time and peers and just returned from a lovely time in Bloomsbury… thank you for this introduction.

By: Louisa Treger

Louisa Treger — Sat, 15 Jun 2019 12:12:46 +0000

In reply to Simon Bedwell.

I’m afraid I don’t know all the DR blogs. But the DR society is good http://dorothyrichardson.org/index.htm

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By: Louisa Treger

Louisa Treger — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 16:05:52 +0000

In reply to Simon Bedwell. Hi Simon, many thanks for your words and great to hear about your Dorothy reading experience! The best biography I found is by Gloria G. Fromm and it's called 'Dorothy Richardson: a biography.' It contains some commentary on Pilgrimage. Best wishes

By: Simon Bedwell

Simon Bedwell — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 17:24:15 +0000

Hi
Just finished the 13 novels (in the 4 volume American Signet edition, complete with wonderfully trashy Harold Robbins style populist covers, a tenner on Amazon after seeing those Virago prices) and still float on those faultlessly long sentences. There doesn’t seem to be any moment where the writing dips, unlike Proust who gets a little dull temporarily here and there. And not sure you make enough of the simple glaring fact that her relative obscurity is surely down to class above all; not sure about May Sinclair, but Ginny was certainly totally posh (aka inherited wealth); and as we know, art belongs to the posh, generally, and sad to say. One major pleasure of DR as opposed to equally brilliant Ginny, is that there’s never the sense of these servants clearing up after the characters, and by extension, clearing up after the author; instead, Miriam’s rapture takes place in a tiny unheated room off Gower Street.
But I really meant to ask, what’s the best DR biog? Is the Forgotten Genius a good one? I’m after one with a good lot of Lit Crit I guess, and have been browsing the web for guidance; so thought you might know,
since I’m sure your book will have been fully researched

By: Louisa Treger

Louisa Treger — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 16:16:24 +0000

In reply to Annabel abbs. Thanks for your nice comment, Annabel. The comparison with Joyce is interesting. He was in my mind while I was writing, but to include him would have needed another whole article! I am looking forward to reading your novel, The Joyce Girl.

By: Annabel abbs

Annabel abbs — Sun, 28 Feb 2016 07:44:34 +0000

A tragic story and yet so familiar – another woman who’s talents were marginalised by poverty and the need to care for others . Your comments about why this didn’t happen to VW are very perceptive. Joyce, who wrote similarly challenging prose, has become a legend not necessarily because of his greater talents but because of the huge support he received and it’s interesting to also compare him with DR. Well done for rescuing DR from the margins of history.

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