tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post8602482028957376711..comments2024-03-17T06:47:15.292+00:00Comments on The Brooknerian: Wilde BrooknerThe Brooknerianhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15396427983022927448noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post-78116380220421595532020-12-08T18:11:15.208+00:002020-12-08T18:11:15.208+00:00Many thanks for comment. I was often amused by eff...Many thanks for comment. I was often amused by effortful Brookner cartoons that appeared now and again alongside reviews, usually the critical ones. The Brooknerianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15396427983022927448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8704237975096102484.post-6690677098056276252020-12-08T14:50:46.866+00:002020-12-08T14:50:46.866+00:00There is something reminiscent of Woolf's &quo...There is something reminiscent of Woolf's "A Room of One's Own" in both of these portraits you mentioned Lucy Anne Dickens. Also, a hint of serious-mindedness and inward calmness. Dr Peta Mayer is an erudite scholar on Brookner's writings. I am so glad to learn that she has published a literary criticism on AB and I wish her every success with the new publication. <br /><br />As for the portrait with a cigarette in hand, I recall a caricature version of this same portrait in D. J. Taylor's "What You Didn't Miss: A Book of Literary Parodies as Featured in Private Eye" (2012). A Super Dilettantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02640893790909916004noreply@blogger.com