Smith, Robert Sidney. “’Always Sincere, Not Always Serious’: Robert Liddell and Barbara Pym”. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.
41
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Literary responses | Barbara Pym | Her friend Robert Liddell
responded with violent disapproval to the posthumous publication of works which BP
had without final revision. He called it scraping the meat off Barbara's bones. Smith, Robert Sidney. “’Always Sincere, Not Always Serious’: Robert Liddell and Barbara Pym”. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 41 , No. 4. |
Literary responses | Barbara Pym | This became BP
's most widely-reviewed text, and received a mixed reception. Robert Liddell
was again outraged, calling this a dreadful book which had only been made possible by the betrayal of Pym's friends in... |
Friends, Associates | Ivy Compton-Burnett | ICB
met the young novelist Robert Liddell
, who was writing the first extended critical treatment of her. Spurling, Hilary. Secrets of a Woman’s Heart. Hodder and Stoughton. 152 |
Friends, Associates | Barbara Pym | Authors BP
, Mary Renault
, and Elizabeth Taylor
attended a party in Athens given by Pym's longtime friend the novelist and critic Robert Liddell
. Pym, Barbara. A Very Private Eye. Editors Holt, Hazel and Hilary Pym, Macmillan. 227 |
Friends, Associates | Elizabeth Taylor | Friends said that ET
was very shy, but cared very much for very few people. Liddell, Robert, and Francis King. Elizabeth and Ivy. Peter Owen. 44 |
Family and Intimate relationships | Barbara Pym | Rupert Gleadow
cared about BP
a great deal, but their romance was an experience which she chose to downplay in her memory and writing. Her long, unsuccessful pursuit of Henry Harvey
, who both attracted... |
Dedications | Barbara Pym | She dedicated it to very old friends, Henry Harvey
and Robert Liddell
. Smith, Robert Sidney. “’Always Sincere, Not Always Serious’: Robert Liddell and Barbara Pym”. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol. 41 , No. 4. |
Cultural formation | Barbara Pym | As for marriage, BP
's involvements with men as a student must have been to some extent influenced by social pressure to marry. She felt badly let down when Henry Harvey
decided to wed another... |
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