Byatt does the same thing in Possession- where she posits a love affair between two Victorian poets- one of whom is essentially Robert Browning and the other Emily Dickinson. She writes poems for her pseudo-Browning and her pseudo-Dickinson and they're pretty terrible.
Possession was the first book by Byatt I tried to read. I was in college and I bounced off it completely. Fortunately I later discovered Angels & Insects.
I don't hate Byatt by the way; I think her short stories are wonderful.
I didn't assume you did; I don't hate her either. I agree with you about her short fiction. I've just never read one of her novels that I love as much as The Conjugial Angel" or "Crocodile Tears" or "Cold" or "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye," although large parts of Ragnarok are great.
Have you read The Magic City- in which a miniature city comes to life?
No! And especially after reading "The Head," I feel I should.
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Possession was the first book by Byatt I tried to read. I was in college and I bounced off it completely. Fortunately I later discovered Angels & Insects.
I don't hate Byatt by the way; I think her short stories are wonderful.
I didn't assume you did; I don't hate her either. I agree with you about her short fiction. I've just never read one of her novels that I love as much as The Conjugial Angel" or "Crocodile Tears" or "Cold" or "The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye," although large parts of Ragnarok are great.
Have you read The Magic City- in which a miniature city comes to life?
No! And especially after reading "The Head," I feel I should.