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...(Sampson Low, Marston and Co.)
THE POETS' CORNER--V
(Pall Mall Gazette, February 15, 1888.)
Mr. Heywood's Salome seems to have thrilled the critics of the United
States. From a collection of press notices prefixed to the volume we
learn that Putnam's Magazine has found in it 'the simplicity and grace of
naked Grecian statues,' and that Dr. Jos. G. Cogswell, LL.D., has
declared that it will live to be appreciated 'as long as the English
language endures.' Remembering that
Prophecy is the most gratuitous form of error.
we will not attempt to argue with Dr. Jos. G. Cogswell, LL.D.,
but will content ourselves with protesting against such a detestable
expression as 'naked Grecian statues.' If this be the literary style of
the future the English language will not endure very long. As for the
poem itself, the best that one can say of it is that it is a triumph of
conscientious industry. From an artistic point of view it is a very
commonplace production indeed, and we must protest against such blank
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Eliot, George
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George Eliot is the pen name of Mary Anne Evans (22 November 1819 - 22 December 1880), who was an English novelist. She was one of the leading writers of the Victorian era. Her novels, largely set in provincial England, are well known for their realism and psychological perspicacity.
She used a male pen name, she said, to ensure that her works were taken seriously. Female authors published freely under their own names, but Eliot wanted to ensure that she was not seen as merely a writer of romances. An additional factor may have been a desire to shield her private life from public scrutiny and to prevent scandals attending her relationship with the married George Henry Lewes.
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