tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post1167949644174192136..comments2024-03-13T16:33:53.563+00:00Comments on <b>Dr Tony Shaw</b><br>: Ellen Glasgow: The Sheltered Life (1932)Dr Tony Shawhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-31149529733412621322012-01-29T18:20:20.486+00:002012-01-29T18:20:20.486+00:00Thank you for this, which has suddenly reminded me...<b>Thank you for this, which has suddenly reminded me that I should have posted links to an online thesis on Ellen Glasgow's fiction and invalidism, which I have now done. I think only Glasgow fans will persevere, but there's a lot of interesting stuff in it.</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-76685691332193665912012-01-29T15:14:29.077+00:002012-01-29T15:14:29.077+00:00I see. I took it more as a commemnt on Southern do...I see. I took it more as a commemnt on Southern domestic culture than Glasgow's circumstances. My maternal grandmother fits more into that catagorey...but, she had clinical mental issues. True, her state was made worse by my Grandaddy's behavior but, he was able carry on like he did not because it was acceptable but, because very little was expected of his "class"...for lack of a better word. <br /><br />We've just dealt with (I say dealt with...more like had a laugh over or ignored) yet another attempt to make scratch of the Americans' obssesion with how they imagine we lived and live our lives. <br /><br />It was The Help this year..there'll be copycats. In fact, I know there are a few in the works. It never ends because it's very reassuring to a certain group of Americans.<br /><br />I'm happy to read what you're doing here and I thank you for writing it.e.f. bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940814285264472785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-40874179575090140862012-01-27T17:46:33.316+00:002012-01-27T17:46:33.316+00:00(This is without the typo.) Thanks a lot for this,...<b> (This is without the typo.) Thanks a lot for this, e.f. I know I'm sometimes given to exaggeration, but I don't think I <i>am</i> exaggerating in this case, at least not judging by the wreck that is Eva Birdsong, who could well be an imaginative representation of Glasgow if she had married. But Glasgow of course never married, and I don't think the social difficulties of her deafness can be given as a credible reason, as she wasn't short of admirers, and had had an on-off affair with Henry Anderson for many years but decided, I believe, that she didn't want to be swallowed up by a dominant (and philandering) male. She'd already tried physical suicide over the guy, it appears, so she wasn't going in for the mental side.<br /><br />Obviously, though, by no means all Southern males were patriarchal scumbags then!</b>Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-5210629831158644892012-01-27T17:39:25.483+00:002012-01-27T17:39:25.483+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Dr Tony Shawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07565448709541046337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8955844379699946887.post-46159849558259443312012-01-26T17:43:03.266+00:002012-01-26T17:43:03.266+00:00Mental suicide? That's pretty strong Dr.
My...Mental suicide? That's pretty strong Dr.<br /><br /> My Grandmother was raised during this period by people who lost the war and lost out because of it. She was much more like the women in When Sherman Marched North from the Sea than a mental suicide. In fact most of the women I grew up around were like that. <br /><br /><br />Still, I like what you do here. It's always interesting.e.f. bartlamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05940814285264472785noreply@blogger.com