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K. ([personal profile] kore) wrote in [personal profile] sovay 2020-10-18 06:43 am (UTC)

I think I liked his Yeats book quite a bit! altho the last time I read it was probably in 1998. I remember Uncle Stephen as being more a queer lit classic than supernatural, altho it's been a long time since I read that too....hmmmm....the Valancourt edition looks really nice. Kind of boggling at the contemporary reviews they quote that compare it to Mark Twain's beloved portrayals of boyhood (Tom Sawyer, I still loathe you) and an escape from "iron realism" tho! But I guess that was 1931 for you, I remember Tender is the Night getting crushing reviews in 1934 because the rich glamorous people weren't hung at the end. I am boggled at the claim that he was repulsed by Maurice.

https://www.valancourtbooks.com/uncle-stephen-1931.html

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