tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post112440124807380293..comments2023-12-22T19:52:13.198-05:00Comments on Fernham: The Burden of the PastAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-86739801598323950952009-05-05T16:19:00.000-04:002009-05-05T16:19:00.000-04:00I had Bate in college in 1985. He was, fortunatel...I had Bate in college in 1985. He was, fortunately, not the way you describe him at all. He was clever and brilliant in lecture, and he even went to lunch with a bunch of his undergrads. He was humane, intuiting Samuel Johnson, it seemed. I think you caught him on the decline.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-1136095366598904512006-01-01T01:02:00.000-05:002006-01-01T01:02:00.000-05:00Genevieve -- are you calling Bate arrogant because...Genevieve -- are you calling Bate arrogant because he was interested ("obsessed") with the past or because he was near death and probably not very well when Anne met him?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-1125557137069181102005-09-01T02:45:00.000-04:002005-09-01T02:45:00.000-04:00(Finally got back here) - Hee hee.(Finally got back here) - Hee hee.genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-1124463061963106672005-08-19T10:51:00.000-04:002005-08-19T10:51:00.000-04:00None whatsoever.None whatsoever.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03281027116636227323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10246709.post-1124428853954868972005-08-19T01:20:00.000-04:002005-08-19T01:20:00.000-04:00He may have been obsessed with the past by the sou...He may have been obsessed with the past by the sound of things. Interesting how arrogant some of those older critics sound - do you think he has any sense at all of what it might feel like to be an original poet?genevievehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02895689949182365454noreply@blogger.com