Ford Madox Ford
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The History of Literature #505 — Ford Madox Ford (with Max Saunders) | My Last Book with Bethanne Patrick
Ford Madox Ford lived a fascinating life, surrounded by some of the most famous writers of the era: Joseph Conrad, H.G. Wells, Henry James, Stephen Crane, D.H. Lawrence, Jean Rhys, Ernest Hemingway, and many others. Today, he’s best known for his editing of others and for his modernist classics The Good Soldier (1915) and the Parade’s End tetralogy (1924-8). Continue reading
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History of Literature #78 – Jane Eyre, The Good Soldier, Giovanni’s Room (with Margot Livesey)
Writing about the Scottish-born novelist Margot Livesey, the author Alice Sebold remarked, “Every novel of Margot Livesey’s is, for her readers, a joyous discovery. Her work radiates with compassion and intelligence and always, deliciously, mystery.” How has Margot Livesey managed to create this suspense in novel after novel, including in contemporary classics such as The Flight Continue reading
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A History of Jacke in 100 Objects #23 – The Passage
The story begins with a great moment in literary autobiography – well, fine, let’s go ahead and say its one of the great moments in the history of literature itself. I have a personal story to throw in at the end. But the story begins here, in the famous passage in which Ford Madox Ford Continue reading
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Ford, Lawrence, and the Wise Professor: On Discovering Greatness in Literature
This story starts with a great moment in literary autobiography – well, fine, let’s go ahead and say it has a claim to being one of the great moments in the history of literature. I have a personal story of my own to throw in at the end. But the story begins here, in the Continue reading
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