tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post808411506277141104..comments2024-02-05T09:17:53.322-08:00Comments on Adrian Barlow's blog: The Second Mrs T.S. EliotAdrian Barlowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04526714501872493961noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post-50954534879956863312023-11-19T10:31:52.999-08:002023-11-19T10:31:52.999-08:00Have just reread this, Adrian, and I'm glad to...Have just reread this, Adrian, and I'm glad to have done so. I had forgotten entirely about what you say about the depth and integrity of Valerie Eliot's scholarship. Peter Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448566004422403386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post-55010367866780378392015-06-28T14:33:23.776-07:002015-06-28T14:33:23.776-07:00You are right, Peter: Valerie’s understanding and ...You are right, Peter: Valerie’s understanding and appreciation of Eliot was as profound as it was instinctual. Never say never, but I suspect you are right: this was relationship of a kind unlikely ever to be repeated.Adrian Barlowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526714501872493961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5873009918100574338.post-32816901806180817922015-06-24T09:47:22.249-07:002015-06-24T09:47:22.249-07:00Adrian – This is rich stuff indeed: a very convinc...Adrian – This is rich stuff indeed: a very convincing account of Valerie Fletcher’s extraordinary single–mindedness. Almost, Valerie’s feelings towards Eliot could be described as preternatural. But I do not think they were. On the contrary, they seem to have been grounded in a profound understanding and appreciation of Eliot’s work. Nothing like this relationship in English literature is ever likely to happen again!Peter Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16448566004422403386noreply@blogger.com