Nancy Gish wrote:
> Dear Diana,
>
> I have no doubt you're right.
For my part, I have no doubt you are wrong, and I'd add woefully, but to
no useful end. In ASG Eliot wrote, "The acrimony which accompanies much
debate is a symptom of differences so large that there is nothing to
argue about." The gulf between what I see in ASG (and in Eliot more
generally) and what you see is so large that there seems little point in
pursuing it. One can "idealize" villainy as well as heroism, and my
honest thought is that you have produced an Eliotic villain who never
existed, i.e. an un-Eliotic villain who is the product of your own
imaginations. I'm quite aware that you disagree but simply wish to make
the point.
Ken
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