[Hardy-l] New Review of Martin Ray's 'Thomas Hardy Remembered'

[Rosemarie Morgan]

Hi Kathie --

I've just gotten around to reading Keith's review of Martin Ray's book and 
it's  really so very good: so much more detailed than mine (which was of 
course written for a different medium)  and I enjoyed it thoroughly. Like 
the very best of reviews it makes one want to go straight to the book -- 
instantly.

Thank you Kathie  (and Keith)  for a most rewarding read.

There's something about TTHA's way of publishing several different reviews 
of a single work which renders  the Book Reviews page unique and 
extraordinary.   Where else would anyone find this diversity of 
scholarship?  There is little that is contradictory in the reviews but 
there is much that is richly subjective and co-ordinate while being 
expressively different. You get the feeling, ranging through Kathie's 
pages, that you are being held -- magically -- in a throng of voices both 
discordant, enlightening and wise.

  I'm beginning to feel that perhaps the Hardy Review should publish these 
"multiple " reviews first and foremost,  above all others, if only for 
their stimulating diversity.

  They represent, in Socratic terms, the ultimate " argument."

Best

Rosemarie

   rAt 07:21 PM 10/21/2008, you wrote:
>Dear all-
>
>I'm delighted to tell you that I've just uploaded a sensitive, eloquent 
>review of Martin Ray's posthumously published Thomas Hardy 
>Remembered.   Keith Wilson's comments are not only thoughtful but his 
>remarks also serve as a fitting tribute to such an esteemed scholar.
>
>All my best,
>Kathie
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