Patrick Murtha
Reader
http://furrowedmiddlebrow.blogspot.com/2019/07/a-sultry-weeks-reading-alethea-hayter.html
Alethea Hayter “focuses on an entire group of literary and artistic figures, many of whom are at pivotal moments in their lives, and follows them through the interlinked events of an unusually hot month in London, from June 18 – July 13, 1846.”
These “Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846” are completely enthralling, and anyone who enjoys literary history and (yes) gossip would probably love this innovative 1965 book. Among the figures on hand are the Carlyles, the Brownings, Dickens, Wordsworth, the famed actor William Macready, and many others.
The central incident is the grisly suicide of painter and diarist Benjamin Haydon, and the event and reactions are very moving even though Haydon was kind of a foolish fellow in many ways.
Alethea Hayter “focuses on an entire group of literary and artistic figures, many of whom are at pivotal moments in their lives, and follows them through the interlinked events of an unusually hot month in London, from June 18 – July 13, 1846.”
These “Scenes of London Literary Life in 1846” are completely enthralling, and anyone who enjoys literary history and (yes) gossip would probably love this innovative 1965 book. Among the figures on hand are the Carlyles, the Brownings, Dickens, Wordsworth, the famed actor William Macready, and many others.
The central incident is the grisly suicide of painter and diarist Benjamin Haydon, and the event and reactions are very moving even though Haydon was kind of a foolish fellow in many ways.