Comments for To Bed With a Trollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com Being a collection of book reviews and recommendations, along with the occasional observations of a contemporary historian, editor, writer, and bibliophile. Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:08:46 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 Comment on Conferences: Fiction and British Politics by The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis by Peter Leyland « To Bed With a Trollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/conferences-fiction-and-british-politics/#comment-703 The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis by Peter Leyland « To Bed With a Trollope Tue, 15 Dec 2009 15:08:46 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=628#comment-703 [...] occasional observations of a contemporary historian, editor, writer, and bibliophile. « Conferences: Fiction and British Politics The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis by Peter Leyland 15 December [...] [...] occasional observations of a contemporary historian, editor, writer, and bibliophile. « Conferences: Fiction and British Politics The Constitution of the United Kingdom: A Contextual Analysis by Peter Leyland 15 December [...]

]]> Comment on Conferences: The Berlin Wall and Master Keaton’s Germany by Conferences: Fiction and British Politics « To Bed With a Trollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/conferences-the-berlin-wall-and-master-keatons-germany/#comment-689 Conferences: Fiction and British Politics « To Bed With a Trollope Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:25:27 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=609#comment-689 [...] Fiction and British Politics 4 November 2009 Though I’m heading off to the Berlin Wall conference this weekend, I already have one eye on another conference I’m slated to present at in [...] [...] Fiction and British Politics 4 November 2009 Though I’m heading off to the Berlin Wall conference this weekend, I already have one eye on another conference I’m slated to present at in [...]

]]> Comment on The Envy of the World: Fifty Years of the BBC Third Programme and Radio 3, 1946–1996 by Humphrey Carpenter by Never Had It So Good and White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook « To Bed With a Trollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/the-envy-of-the-world-fifty-years-of-the-bbc-third-programme-and-radio-3-1946%e2%80%931996-by-humphrey-carpenter/#comment-683 Never Had It So Good and White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook « To Bed With a Trollope Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:59:29 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/10/05/the-envy-of-the-world-fifty-years-of-the-bbc-third-programme-and-radio-3-1946%e2%80%931996-by-humphrey-carpenter/#comment-683 [...] listen to the cozy dramas of The Archers than to any of the more esoteric productions aired by the Third Programme. Though it’s an admirable attempt at balancing out the narrative, Sandbrook seems so [...] [...] listen to the cozy dramas of The Archers than to any of the more esoteric productions aired by the Third Programme. Though it’s an admirable attempt at balancing out the narrative, Sandbrook seems so [...]

]]> Comment on Philip Larkin: Collected Poems, edited by Anthony Thwaite by Never Had It So Good and White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook « To Bed With a Trollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2008/08/17/philip-larkin-collected-poems-edited-by-anthony-thwaite/#comment-682 Never Had It So Good and White Heat by Dominic Sandbrook « To Bed With a Trollope Tue, 27 Oct 2009 20:58:29 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=190#comment-682 [...] of the growing cult of nostalgia that Sandbrook claims is the real legacy of the 1960s. Poets like Philip Larkin and John Betjeman wrote paens to a simpler Britain of sleepy country churches and soot-covered [...] [...] of the growing cult of nostalgia that Sandbrook claims is the real legacy of the 1960s. Poets like Philip Larkin and John Betjeman wrote paens to a simpler Britain of sleepy country churches and soot-covered [...]

]]> Comment on The Seven Basic Plots: Why We Tell Stories by Christopher Booker by In Class « CA0730A – Dynamic Communication – Coursework Blog http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-seven-basic-plots-wh-we-tell-stories-by-christopher-booker/#comment-677 In Class « CA0730A – Dynamic Communication – Coursework Blog Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:30:43 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-seven-basic-plots-how-we-tell-stories-by-christopher-booker/#comment-677 [...] From: http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-seven-basic-plots-wh-we-tell-stories-by-chris... [...] [...] From: http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/12/11/the-seven-basic-plots-wh-we-tell-stories-by-chris... [...]

]]> Comment on Orwell in Spain and Orwell and the Dispossessed (edited by Peter Davison) by tobedwithatrollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/orwell-in-spain-and-orwell-and-the-dispossessed-edited-by-peter-davison/#comment-676 tobedwithatrollope Sun, 18 Oct 2009 16:24:37 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-676 I suspect that it's part and parcel of the fact that the Spanish Civil War itself has been relatively ignored in the general scope of history, treated more as 'a little local difficulty' (to borrow Harold Macmillan's turn of phrase from about twenty years later) rather than the staging ground for much of what would happen in World War II (particularly when it comes to weapons technology). <i>Orwell in Spain</i> is one of the few books I've seen that attempts to place his writings into a broader context of the war and the depths of its effects on his thought. Granted, I've yet to read any of the individual biographies of Orwell that have been published, so my observations may be a trifle premature. I suspect that it’s part and parcel of the fact that the Spanish Civil War itself has been relatively ignored in the general scope of history, treated more as ‘a little local difficulty’ (to borrow Harold Macmillan’s turn of phrase from about twenty years later) rather than the staging ground for much of what would happen in World War II (particularly when it comes to weapons technology). Orwell in Spain is one of the few books I’ve seen that attempts to place his writings into a broader context of the war and the depths of its effects on his thought. Granted, I’ve yet to read any of the individual biographies of Orwell that have been published, so my observations may be a trifle premature.

]]> Comment on Orwell in Spain and Orwell and the Dispossessed (edited by Peter Davison) by jerome http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/orwell-in-spain-and-orwell-and-the-dispossessed-edited-by-peter-davison/#comment-675 jerome Sun, 18 Oct 2009 05:14:18 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=142#comment-675 I think that Orwell's experience in Spain has been overlooked somewhat as merely another footnote in a greater narrative and a stepping stone to 1984. Most just look at the observations that Orwell provides for the reader whilst overlooking the violently influence of the Spanish civil war on Orwell.IT was literally as hitchens says when the hammer met the anvil. This part of historiography needs to be rethough immediately. I think that Orwell’s experience in Spain has been overlooked somewhat as merely another footnote in a greater narrative and a stepping stone to 1984. Most just look at the observations that Orwell provides for the reader whilst overlooking the violently influence of the Spanish civil war on Orwell.IT was literally as hitchens says when the hammer met the anvil. This part of historiography needs to be rethough immediately.

]]> Comment on Commentary: Hansard, the Abridged Edition? by tobedwithatrollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/commentary-hansard-the-abridged-edition/#comment-673 tobedwithatrollope Tue, 13 Oct 2009 01:22:27 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-673 Thanks -- it's something I'm surprised no one has created yet. Ideally, it would be something along the lines of the critical editions of particular works of literature, or at least follow the same basic principles. But then again, some critical editions are undoubtedly better assembled than others. I've been a fan of <a href="http://www.lordsoftheblog.net" rel="nofollow">Lords of the Blog</a> for a good long while now, but it's only in the past few months that I've started reading and commenting in it on a semi-regular basis. Some good discussion and interesting insights to be had there. (And giggling is fine -- I doubt you'd be sent to the Tower for it, in this day and age.) Thanks — it’s something I’m surprised no one has created yet. Ideally, it would be something along the lines of the critical editions of particular works of literature, or at least follow the same basic principles. But then again, some critical editions are undoubtedly better assembled than others.

I’ve been a fan of Lords of the Blog for a good long while now, but it’s only in the past few months that I’ve started reading and commenting in it on a semi-regular basis. Some good discussion and interesting insights to be had there. (And giggling is fine — I doubt you’d be sent to the Tower for it, in this day and age.)

]]> Comment on Commentary: Hansard, the Abridged Edition? by Rymenhild http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2009/10/12/commentary-hansard-the-abridged-edition/#comment-672 Rymenhild Mon, 12 Oct 2009 17:50:48 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/?p=581#comment-672 I think your suggested edited texts would be excellent resources at several levels. I also have to say that I'm absolutely delighted at the existence of a group blog for the House of Lords. (Excuse me while I giggle. Sorry.) I think your suggested edited texts would be excellent resources at several levels.

I also have to say that I’m absolutely delighted at the existence of a group blog for the House of Lords. (Excuse me while I giggle. Sorry.)

]]> Comment on New Labour, Old Labour: The Wilson and Callaghan Governments, 1974-79 edited by Anthony Seldon and Kevin Hickson by Commentary: Bagehot on the ‘history wars’ « To Bed With a Trollope http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/new-labour-old-labour-the-wilson-and-callaghan-governments-1974-79-edited-by-anthony-seldon-and-kevin-hickson/#comment-670 Commentary: Bagehot on the ‘history wars’ « To Bed With a Trollope Mon, 05 Oct 2009 15:21:49 +0000 http://tobedwithatrollope.wordpress.com/2007/09/09/new-labour-old-labour-the-wilson-and-callaghan-governments-1974-79-edited-by-anthony-seldon-and-kevin-hickson/#comment-670 [...] to reinvent itself and distance itself from the problems of the Wilson and Callaghan years, as Anthony Seldon and Kevin Hickson’s collection of articles and essays seems to suggest. Unfortunately, this insistence on disavowing the past seems to have left Labour [...] [...] to reinvent itself and distance itself from the problems of the Wilson and Callaghan years, as Anthony Seldon and Kevin Hickson’s collection of articles and essays seems to suggest. Unfortunately, this insistence on disavowing the past seems to have left Labour [...]

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