I've been really enjoying it - partly because it gives such interesting and specific information - the details of paper usage in publishing before and after rationing, say, or the number of theatre companies which folded under the strain of wartime conditions, or the tug-of-war which saw writers torn between their own creative drive and the demands to produce for the war effort.
That sounds incredibly valuable.
Dorothy Sayers was mentioned, in the context of having been rejected for inclusion in a government-established body dealing with potential writers' contribution in wartime because she was (said the unknown civil servant advising on nominees) too loquacious and "difficult" - which is, I guess, to be interpreted as "won't sit down and shut up".
Wow.
Does the author mention some of the male writers who weren't rejected? I'm just curious how "difficult" they were.
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Date: 2017-01-07 02:03 pm (UTC)That sounds incredibly valuable.
Dorothy Sayers was mentioned, in the context of having been rejected for inclusion in a government-established body dealing with potential writers' contribution in wartime because she was (said the unknown civil servant advising on nominees) too loquacious and "difficult" - which is, I guess, to be interpreted as "won't sit down and shut up".
Wow.
Does the author mention some of the male writers who weren't rejected? I'm just curious how "difficult" they were.