The Times Literary Supplement publishes T.S.Eliot's essay on The Contemporary Novel -- published in French translation in 1927, but never before in English, apparently.
Interesting -- including the authors he focuses on, "four examples of very different types and orders of value: D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, David Garnett and Aldous Huxley".
Amusing, in particular, to read:
Still, this makes me want to seek some of his work out -- and among the interesting facts about 'Bunny' (so his unfortunate nickname): his mother was the famous translator Constance, and, like T.S.Eliot, one of his books was made into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (his novel, Aspects of Love).
Interesting -- including the authors he focuses on, "four examples of very different types and orders of value: D. H. Lawrence, Virginia Woolf, David Garnett and Aldous Huxley".
Amusing, in particular, to read:
Mr. Huxley is tormented; Mr. David Garnett, a far more accomplished writer, is secure. Mr. Garnett is one of the most interesting examples of psychologism.Of course, Huxley still had a long way to go in his career. So actually did Garnett -- but with considerably less lasting success than Huxley.
Still, this makes me want to seek some of his work out -- and among the interesting facts about 'Bunny' (so his unfortunate nickname): his mother was the famous translator Constance, and, like T.S.Eliot, one of his books was made into a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber (his novel, Aspects of Love).