Most reviews were favourable, ranking HW
with leading translators (all male) and praising her perfect sympathy with her material.
Blackett, Monica. The Mark of the Maker: A Portrait of Helen Waddell. Constable.
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She was, however, vigorously attacked by George Gordon Coulton
, a controversialist given to furious...
Literary responses
Helen Waddell
Of these editions by HW
, the school anthology was well reviewed by none other than her old antagonist G. G. Coulton
, with the comment that the editor's name was sufficient warrant for its...
Reception
Helen Waddell
HW
's remarkable popularity—as an academic scholar whose name was well-known in non-academic, cultivated households—went hand in hand with some scholarly condemnation. She was said to have been barred from British Academy membership by opposition...