This is fantastic, Graley! I couldn't help by think of the young typist from "The Waste Land" or the woman in Adrienne Rich's "Living in Sin" as I was reading your brilliant analysis. In addition to the daemon lover, there resonances of Wini Breines, "Young, White, and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the Fifties" throughout your analysis. I look forward to seeing you in Tulsa to talk more about this and many other things.
Thanks, Erin! Nice catch on the Yeats allusion. I kept trying to work in Eleanor Rigby allusions, too, but they all seemed too forced. Those are some excellent parallels you draw to Eliot and Rich. Must admit that I'm not familiar with Breines, but you make me want to seek her out.
There are two shadow stories that I kept thinking of while writing this series, but I never found occasion to bring either of them up. While working on Jackson's "The Daemon Lover," I kept thinking of Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall." And while working on Jackson's "Elizabeth," I kept thinking of Doris Lessing's "To Room Nineteen." I love artists like Dylan and Jackson who stir up more echoes than a murder of crows.
Tremendous stuff, Graley. So well researched and clearly argued. You have also - again - added to my to be read list which I have put a huge dent in the last year, but which is growing apace again.
These Daemon Lover pieces are top rate writing, thanks for them.
Thanks, Andy! It's interesting to start down one research path and find yourself wandering down other unanticipated tracks. I hadn't planned on writing about witchcraft until Jackson led me in that direction. And once I discovered that Connie Converse was named Elizabeth, I had to make room for her, too. Very glad to hear that you like the results, Andy.
This is fantastic, Graley! I couldn't help by think of the young typist from "The Waste Land" or the woman in Adrienne Rich's "Living in Sin" as I was reading your brilliant analysis. In addition to the daemon lover, there resonances of Wini Breines, "Young, White, and Miserable: Growing Up Female in the Fifties" throughout your analysis. I look forward to seeing you in Tulsa to talk more about this and many other things.
Nice allusion to Easter, 1916. :-)
Thanks, Erin! Nice catch on the Yeats allusion. I kept trying to work in Eleanor Rigby allusions, too, but they all seemed too forced. Those are some excellent parallels you draw to Eliot and Rich. Must admit that I'm not familiar with Breines, but you make me want to seek her out.
There are two shadow stories that I kept thinking of while writing this series, but I never found occasion to bring either of them up. While working on Jackson's "The Daemon Lover," I kept thinking of Katherine Anne Porter's "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall." And while working on Jackson's "Elizabeth," I kept thinking of Doris Lessing's "To Room Nineteen." I love artists like Dylan and Jackson who stir up more echoes than a murder of crows.
Tremendous stuff, Graley. So well researched and clearly argued. You have also - again - added to my to be read list which I have put a huge dent in the last year, but which is growing apace again.
These Daemon Lover pieces are top rate writing, thanks for them.
Thanks, Andy! It's interesting to start down one research path and find yourself wandering down other unanticipated tracks. I hadn't planned on writing about witchcraft until Jackson led me in that direction. And once I discovered that Connie Converse was named Elizabeth, I had to make room for her, too. Very glad to hear that you like the results, Andy.
I’m just seeing this and don’t have time to read before church, but my Sunday afternoon is planned out! Can’t wait!!!
Hope you enjoy it, Klops! The Outlaw Music Festival rolls into Cincinnati today, so I'll be attending the Church of Bob later tonight!
Excellent! I will see Bob in Alpharetta, GA next month! So excited!