Comments by Kyle Deane Most recent public comments by Kyle Deane https://nowcomment.com/users/11614 I think that such a rare event as this doesn't need multiply accounts. The fact that there is one account of such a great meeting taking place is believable enough. It also adds to the mystique of the two artists. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290335 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290335 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 21:14:27 -0400 The two cultural giants meeting, with such great divides in political views (especially at this time) is ironic in itself. But McCartney saying "Can we play some music" shifts the attention back to what really mattered. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290333 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290333 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:05 -0500 The biography being unauthorized sort of takes away the idea that it will have a bias towards the subject. It deals with the facts that are available through public research. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290330 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290330 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:04 -0500 For some readers, knowing the reaction of the subject can legitimize the biography. His reaction, or willingness to even speak on the piece shows how potent the piece is. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290329 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290329 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:04 -0500 An arbitrary biography seems inauthentic, as if the biographer has no real connection to the subject. what is the purpose behind the writing? How has the subject effected the biographer's life? What is his/her catalyst for writing the piece? https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290328 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25272?scroll_to=290328 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:04 -0500 The New Critics believe that the historical context behind literature should not be taken into account when critiquing the author. The "intentional fallacy" comes from an author having a bias when it comes to his/her own work. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287496 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287496 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:01 -0500 It gives the critic credibility in that if he can step into the shoes of such a great chronicler, then his work should be taken as legitimate. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287495 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287495 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:01 -0500 An agrarian viewpoint values rural society over that of urban society. It is more traditional in value. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287493 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287493 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:01 -0500 I think that the use of coeval takes away from the point. Using a simpler word is less distracting. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287492 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287492 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:01 -0500 The "lost generation" is a generation who were disillusioned by the world around them, and in turn opted to reimage life and the ideals that they carried, many contrary to the beliefs of older more conservative Americans. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287491 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25205?scroll_to=287491 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:01 -0500 As a biographer, to get a subject to insert of behalf of themselves adds a sort of legitimacy to the work. It makes the reader feel like the work must be authentic if the subject is willing to add to it https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284599 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284599 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 Analysis delves so deep into the details that the story (or progression of said story) is lost https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284598 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284598 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 A precious prose is concentrating more on the style of the writing as opposed to the meaning of it. While it may sound poetic, it may not have any depth to it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284596 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284596 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 A good biographer is able to cipher through all of the generalized information about the subject and find the true core facts about that person's life https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284595 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284595 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 While the first biographer may excavate some of the subjects life, a second biographer would need to go "deeper into the rabbit hole" and use the base information provided by the initial biography as a starting point to delve deeper into the "why" https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284594 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284594 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 Sources are of the utmost importance to a biographer. Being able to rely on those sources and make sure that they are not biased or coming from a place of contempt is hard to do. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284593 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284593 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 it is imperative for literary critics to have a voice, whereas sometimes having a voice and being to stylized as a biographer takes away from telling the details of one's life that is necessary for readers to have. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284592 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284592 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 The history of this biography, how it came about and the struggles that Begley had to overcome in order to get this bio done. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284591 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284591 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 Biographies matter because they are a preservation of the lifeprint that someone leaves. Being responsible for that task grows both the writer as well as the reader. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284590 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25200?scroll_to=284590 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:57 -0500 The biographer doesn't distinctly prove that Hellman's legacy is lost due to negative associations with her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284587 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284587 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 "— never one to be muscled off a podium — noisily resists." She is a type of person that would rather be her own movement, and do things her own way. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284586 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284586 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 an interloper is a person who not wanted or outcast from their environment as Hellman was from an early age. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284584 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284584 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 Hellman saw herself and her life's work as bigger than just a context of time, whereas a historian is likely to focus on the time aspect as a huge part of her story. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284583 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284583 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 The bio chooses to focus on the Hellman effect that is thrust upon the world as opposed to just how the world shaped her. It makes her a stronger character and more of an iconic figure. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284582 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284582 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 The reviewer already describes Hellman as extremely passionate about what she does. So it is no wonder that she would want to possess tight reigns on her biographies and how the conceptualization of her life's work is preserved. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284580 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284580 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 The biographer who wrote it is not as important as Hellman herself. Taking away from Hellman, takes away from the point of the review and could potentially be distracting to a certain type of reader. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284578 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284578 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 It shows that Hellman was devoted to her craft. That she tried to epitomize drama in everything that she did. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284577 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284577 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:59 -0500 Hellman must have been a strong and determined woman to fight for causes so "staunchly". "During the great performance that was her life" makes her out to be a intensely accomplished individual. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284576 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25204?scroll_to=284576 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:56 -0500 The fact that Marshall is also a biographer of a female author means that she has taken the time to see this biography with eyes that a normal "general reviewer" might not have, paying careful detail to the writerly affinities and absence of boilerplating https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275560 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275560 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:51 -0500 The reviewer means that there is a respect and admiration for Plath by the biographer, and THAT respect and candor-in-writing breathes new life into Plath's story https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275558 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275558 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:51 -0500 The reviewer takes issue with the comparison of Monroe and Plath on the basis that the pressures of a Hollywood starlet are not only comparable to those of a poet in that the demands of perpetual perfection escapes most poets, in fact imperfection is good https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275555 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275555 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:51 -0500 The reviewer means that there is a connection found between the writer and Plath. One of maybe respect and admiration, or simply of unexplained kinship. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275552 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275552 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:51 -0500 A cliché type of way that seems standard but ultimately equates to boring and overused. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275547 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275547 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:51 -0500 This paragraph offers hope for an alternative. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275546 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275546 The use of the phrase "biography wars" suggests that at one time there was a sort of oversaturation of biographical content coming out about the life and work of Plath. But, the phrase "there may be many readers in need of," offers the hope of a refreshing and "simple" look at her life. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:51 -0500 Sylvia-mania refers to a time period, and more so a style period, of readers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275544 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275544 The fact that the term Sylvia-mania is even used shows that at a certain point in time, there was a vast connection with a lot of readers to the style, content and life of Plath's work. The reviewer is trying to not only remind the reader of that time, but kind of drive home the relevance that her work had in so many lives. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:50 -0500 This review is written for an individual who has an enthusiasm for the life and works of Plath, or at least a prior knowledge of her. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275541 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275541 Here, the reviewer is setting up a stage for a reader who is already at least somewhat familiar with Plath to delve deeper into the pinnacles that made her life and work relevant. As a person who doesn't know much of her, the eloquence of the words in which the writer uses may move me to read more. But with that being said, this was clearly written for an enthusiast to go deeper as opposed to a introductory learner. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:50 -0500