tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post1413591667242395361..comments2023-10-26T15:29:27.753+01:00Comments on Written In Exile: Revenge?Isabel Doylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-59501105988981799962011-04-07T08:06:39.020+01:002011-04-07T08:06:39.020+01:00I am only vaguely aware of Ted Hughes's biogra...I am only vaguely aware of Ted Hughes's biography and those of his tragic women. One wonders did he drive them to it, or was he attracted to 'damaged' souls? I am sure it is more the latter than the former, but it does seem he didn't or couldn't learn from the first catastrophe.<br /><br />As for children - being able to sacrifice yours in whatever way seems to me to be Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-30640078411065306022011-04-06T18:59:37.274+01:002011-04-06T18:59:37.274+01:00now i am reading (actually rereading; one of the d...now i am reading (actually rereading; one of the deep pleasures of aging is that i read this book when it first came out, totally forgot everything, and am now enthralled all over again) janet malcolm's book about sylvia plath, primarily about her relationship with ted hughes...and by extension, about biography. <br />as to how this ties in with your theme, here: of revenge..or...what exactlysusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-53536316352989672232011-04-06T06:06:37.120+01:002011-04-06T06:06:37.120+01:00Susan, this is such a sad story, told in so many g...Susan, this is such a sad story, told in so many guises all over the world. Your particular situation is dreadful and I am sorry to hear about the family ripped to pieces. To lose one's children piecemeal must be cruel.<br /><br />I am glad you found the time to read my essay/attempt and to comment on it, painful though it must have been.<br /><br /><br />I am still uncertain of what I am Isabel Doylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974989548030799086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-29608074181170052562011-04-05T13:38:58.103+01:002011-04-05T13:38:58.103+01:00isabel,
this is so oddly congruent with events tra...isabel,<br />this is so oddly congruent with events transpiring in my own life that i can't help but respond. <br />i think that myths are open to interpretation. sometimes they show "man" what he is capable of, but accompany this mirrored revelation with another mirror...like those images of infinity, where reflections are repeated over & over, smaller & smaller, until theysusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2113327012084450817.post-45663822077572316902011-04-04T19:04:40.061+01:002011-04-04T19:04:40.061+01:00isabel,
i did see this but want to reread it caref...isabel,<br />i did see this but want to reread it carefully--and follow up on some of the background stories; will comment soon. <br />stupid pile of work today...pooh :(<br />thx,<br />susansusan t. landryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12454487318141469849noreply@blogger.com