tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post5506791197153167912..comments2024-03-29T03:04:00.853-05:00Comments on Wuthering <br>Expectations: Walking one's gaze through the shades of averted signification - enjoying John HollanderAmateur Reader (Tom)http://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-42583651295123843252013-08-21T07:59:05.264-05:002013-08-21T07:59:05.264-05:00The very casual reader - it would be baffling. A ...The very casual reader - it would be baffling. A dedicated reader of spy novels would do much better.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-55512941246579009062013-08-21T04:42:51.387-05:002013-08-21T04:42:51.387-05:00Sorry to hear about Hollander's passing.
Th...Sorry to hear about Hollander's passing. <br /><br /><br />The idea and execution, as you describe it, behind Reflections on Espionage seems absolutely brilliant. I wonder what a very casual reader of poetry would have thought about that book had they just picked it up and began reading.Brian Josephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15139559400312336791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-87126234756412317002013-08-20T18:00:44.667-05:002013-08-20T18:00:44.667-05:00John Hollander's wife, Anne, illustrated his ....John Hollander's wife, Anne, illustrated his ...erotic, shall we say? verse... Town and Country Matters.<br />I came here just after breading an obituary of Elmore Leonard, and your references to Reflections on Espionage: The Question of Cupcake made me think of what they had- and hadn't- in common...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-40284799206105590892013-08-20T14:52:12.756-05:002013-08-20T14:52:12.756-05:00I don't know. I haven't come across that....I don't know. I haven't come across that.Amateur Reader (Tom)https://www.blogger.com/profile/13675275555757408496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3383938214852108244.post-62841023733151462552013-08-20T13:43:24.345-05:002013-08-20T13:43:24.345-05:00Was he the beloved person who said, when he and hi...Was he the beloved person who said, when he and his wife separated: "We just couldn't help each other any more"?<br /><br />I never heard a sadder or better summation of divorce.Shelleyhttp://dustbowlstory.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com