tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post9057377977414725325..comments2023-10-08T03:32:33.151-04:00Comments on bookeywookey: Maybe Homer Had it RightTedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-14795646479144487232008-05-06T23:38:00.000-04:002008-05-06T23:38:00.000-04:00Ted--I didn't take your comment in a conceited way...Ted--I didn't take your comment in a conceited way at all --- but I did like your explanation. <BR/><BR/>No I have not read the Murdoch study you mention. Alas, all of my more serious study of Murdoch (some quite formal) took place over 20 years ago. And I've not kept up on the scholarship or bios. But I have continued to be a devotee and to read and re-read her own work voraciously. I could not bring myself to read her husband's account of her succumbing to Alzheimers, nor did I see the movie about it. For such an incisive, lively mind to come to such an end...well, it was totally unthinkable. And I didn't want those images of her to be the ones I was left with.<BR/><BR/>In any case, now that I've a bit more leisure, I'm planning to devote myself to some serious study of her work. I'm sure I'll get to the bio you mention. The other book I'm sure I'll pick up is called Iris Murdoch as I Knew Her by A.N. Wilson (200?). It was written after Bailey's memoir in an attempt to refocus on Murdoch's lifetime of brilliance rather than her last years in decline. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to go on and on. I'm serious about the Murdoch page. I might even make it a separate blog. In either case, anything you'd like to contribute would be most welcome. TJAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-77678545559338267052008-05-06T18:06:00.000-04:002008-05-06T18:06:00.000-04:00Good luck on the exams. :)Good luck on the exams. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-60782063490455772432008-05-06T16:56:00.000-04:002008-05-06T16:56:00.000-04:00TJ - I'm realizing from your comment that my last ...TJ - I'm realizing from your comment that my last sentence sounds conceited. I meant more that I was worried about the liabilities of adding any brain power (whatever my baseline) given the fate of the flies, not that I think I'm smart per se. Is that enough justification for you? <BR/><BR/>Whenever you get around to that Murdoch page, I'll be there. Have you read that very lengthy biography of her that came out about ten or 15 years ago? I haven't but am curious about it.Tedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05511240514127283024noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5578764475698868093.post-26693580113272593102008-05-06T09:22:00.000-04:002008-05-06T09:22:00.000-04:00What fun! Thanks. And good luck with your tests! ...What fun! Thanks. And good luck with your tests! I'm quite sure you are smart enough, but one doesn't always go for the Ph.D. because it's a needful thing. :) Best, TJ<BR/><BR/>P.S FYI: Sometime this week or next I'm going to add a page to my blog devoted entirely to Iris Murdoch. I'm not sure where I'm going with it, but I'm feeling "the call"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com