Smith, Robert Sidney. “’Always Sincere, Not Always Serious’: Robert Liddell and Barbara Pym”. Twentieth Century Literature, Vol.
41
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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. |
Literary responses | Barbara Pym | Reviewers, including Elaine Feinstein
and Penelope Fitzgerald
, Allen, Orphia Jane. Barbara Pym: Writing a Life. Scarecrow Press. 213 |
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 | 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 |
Travel | Olivia Manning | She found Bucharest a surprise, having done little travelling and been able to secure only an out-of-date guidebook. Early impressions included the urban luxury of shops and restaurants, the squalor of beggars, the gradual permeation... |
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 |
Literary responses | Ivy Compton-Burnett | During the early part of ICB
's career she was little regarded or understood. Raymond Mortimer
was one of the first to perceive her quality, and she quickly began to attract the attention of younger... |
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