tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post864679013282472477..comments2024-03-25T18:27:37.374+00:00Comments on The Kissed Mouth: The Tragedy of Elizabeth SiddalKirsty Stonell Walkerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-20680939533290085472016-02-11T23:55:11.085+00:002016-02-11T23:55:11.085+00:00Wonderful post. My favorite part: "I do not l...Wonderful post. My favorite part: "I do not look at the above image and think 'Poor Lizzie' because there is no need. I pity her no more than any other woman artist of the age, and she achieved a great deal." Thank you for that. I can't tell you how many times I have grimaced over the years when reading the words, 'poor Lizzie.'Linda Wulf Koenighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05923385161588309971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-6923209029990439112015-07-25T20:29:56.236+01:002015-07-25T20:29:56.236+01:00Maybe some purists are offended by the fact that I...Maybe some purists are offended by the fact that I call Fanny 'Fanny' which wasn't even her name, but my work would be far less entertaining if I started acting responsibly on that front. <br /><br />I have a bit of a thing where I don't like calling women by their surname only, but that's my problem not theirs. I wouldn't feel the need to call William Morris Topsy as a matter of course, so even I have limits.Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-73399174019732479912015-07-25T18:39:57.316+01:002015-07-25T18:39:57.316+01:00I never refer to JR Spencer Stanhope as 'Roddy...I never refer to JR Spencer Stanhope as 'Roddy' and it sets my teeth on edge when others do. I suspect that some biographers and researchers need to infantilise and diminish their subjects, perhaps so that they can take control of their lives. Then again, maybe we 'moderns' are just impertinent. Which Victorian was it who delivered the crushing snub 'I don't recall your face, but your manner is very familiar'?simon.poehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01747299467622711958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-34294720159920313682013-11-27T10:44:20.526+00:002013-11-27T10:44:20.526+00:00I feel a Pre-Raphaelite theatre season coming on.....I feel a Pre-Raphaelite theatre season coming on....Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-6589557762475642552013-11-27T10:43:04.459+00:002013-11-27T10:43:04.459+00:00An earlier play "Raising Mrs Rossetti" p...An earlier play "Raising Mrs Rossetti" premiered at the Link Theatre in Holborn in 1995 and the cast included Lizzie, Janey, Rossetti and Morris lookalikes. so good that I went back to see it a second time. I also saw "Clever as Paint" at the Hen and Chickens about a month later, which was less memorable, apart from a ghost sequence which appeared to have been borrowed from Howard Brenton's "Bloody Poetry".Scott Thomas Bucklehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00018074838690907611noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-36605504943020281762013-11-15T05:11:30.591+00:002013-11-15T05:11:30.591+00:00lovely post. The first play about Lizzie was Dear ...lovely post. The first play about Lizzie was Dear Dove Divine in 1999 and Clever as Paint about Lizzie/Morris/Rossetti around same time.<br /><br />I agree with you - like Plath, why does a tragic moment have to define the many days of a life?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-48757570060944341952013-11-13T14:43:10.054+00:002013-11-13T14:43:10.054+00:00Thanks for your comments, m'dears. It's a...Thanks for your comments, m'dears. It's a tricky one and possibly one that has most impact in the lives of women from the past for some reason. I wonder if the importance of women is defused by the 'infantalizing' of their names and so it becomes harder to place female artists and writers within a movement.<br />Kirsty Stonell Walkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08342964877965021654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-18319423989873858942013-11-13T10:49:30.197+00:002013-11-13T10:49:30.197+00:00I suppose it is almost inevitable that myths semi-...I suppose it is almost inevitable that myths semi-truths surround extraordinarily beautiful women. Especially those who die young.<br />LizThe Greenockianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05241154433325603580noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1441164155286448763.post-30323418322620810712013-11-13T09:06:46.538+00:002013-11-13T09:06:46.538+00:00I'd never thought of it like that. 'Lizzie...I'd never thought of it like that. 'Lizzie' is a bit too familiar perhaps isn't it. You are right, she doesn't sound as much like a serious artist with a shortened name, but she was. I shall start referring to her as Elizabeth from now on instead. <br /><br />I'd heard about the play, I'd be really interested to see it, but unfortunately it will just have finished by the time I visit London in Jan, perhaps it will do will and get another run. I hope so.<br /><br />Brilliant post Kirsty, just the thing to start off my day of art, I'm off to Leeds Art Gallery later today!Shaunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10066597386338467421noreply@blogger.com