Barbara Belford
Autor von Oscar Wilde. Ein paradoxes Genie
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Barbara Belford spent ten years engaged in research on the 1890s, the Victorian theater, and the minor characters in Wilde's life. Her first biography was of Violet Hunt, a woman whose circle of friends included Wilde, Madox Ford, H. G. Wells, Somerset Maugham, and Henry James. She is also the mehr anzeigen author of a highly praised biography of Bram Stoker. She lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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- 1923-07-12
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In fact, she gave me much more of an impression of the characters and personalities of some of the 'supporting cast', especially Henry Irving and Ellen Terry.
This wasn't helped by Belford's habit of attributing to Stoker various internal emotional reactions to situations and happenings without giving any evidence for the attributions other than the occasional 'he must have'. This made me a little sceptical towards anything she had to say about Stoker's psychology.
On the subject of attribution, I suppose it is a bit carping to complain about the book's method of citation, which doesn't include any markers on the page itself - I found it irritating, but probably that's just me.
Having said all that, I should say that it's a good first introduction to Stoker's life. It seems, as much as I'm capable of judging, to lay out the main facts of his upbringing, education, and careers as a writer and in the theatre. Also, Belford has an easy style; I found the book generally very readable and rarely - if ever - heavy-going.
I'm giving it three and half stars. This is the first biography of Bram Stoker I've read and I learned a lot from it, but I was left rather unsatisfied at the end of it.… (mehr)