tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post3616672879582088451..comments2023-12-07T20:31:28.197-05:00Comments on Islands of Joy: Hadfield on Williams: Summary of Secondary Sources #1Sørina Higginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10907200327850346539noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post-90758669520292455302013-06-24T10:08:11.816-05:002013-06-24T10:08:11.816-05:00Thank you for this comment, Bruce. I appreciate yo...Thank you for this comment, Bruce. I appreciate your thoughts, and I'm sure your analysis must be right. Have you seen my new blog, dedicated exclusively to Charles Williams? http://theoddestinkling.wordpress.com/Sørina Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10907200327850346539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22560219.post-83590055906405430312013-06-22T16:28:40.501-05:002013-06-22T16:28:40.501-05:00I agree that Hadfield's 1983 biography is rath...I agree that Hadfield's 1983 biography is rather poorly (or patchily) written and badly structured; but by contrast her 1959 biography is - I think - very good. <br /><br />I account for the difference by the fact AMH was 24 years older, and probably in her seventies (I'm not sure of her date of birth) when she wrote the second book.<br /><br />I also get the sense that the 1983 biography was cut-down from a larger manuscript text - I have no evidence for this, but that is how it reads to me; as if rather excessively, hastily and insensitively edited.Bruce Charltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09615189090601688535noreply@blogger.com