@whatacharminghouse.bsky.socialBut also, I suspect #ElizabethBowen was #neurodivergent. Viewed through the lens of #synesthesia (the neurotype, not the technique), a phrase like “up among the beeches, a thin iron gate twanged” is not so strange at all. “Fear curled back in defeat from the carpet-boarder” isn’t either.
@whatacharminghouse.bsky.socialLet’s kick back with a little literary criticism before mucking out the final details of our own book. 😅
@michaelwaldron.bsky.socialFond memories of delivering my own #ElizabethBowen address in that first pandemic year of 2020. Very grateful to @bowensociety.bsky.social for sharing it in their podcast series, which you can listen back to below.
@michaelwaldron.bsky.socialThe annual service commemorating #ElizabethBowen takes place today in North Cork. Always worth venturing out for this special occasion and Dr Mary Breen, this year’s speaker, will be brilliant!
@seanks.bsky.socialCan’t resist old horror/ghost compilations. This was published in 1972 and edited by (the mysterious) Jacqueline Visick. #FontanaBooks #CharlesDickens #GrahameGreene #LPHartley #ElizabethBowen
