tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post5790788682979679693..comments2024-03-23T20:37:37.891-07:00Comments on First Known When Lost: A Proper Place, Part Two: "On One Who Lived And Died Where He Was Born"Stephen Pentzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-79581251748112798982012-04-10T10:36:42.544-07:002012-04-10T10:36:42.544-07:00Rick's wife: it is very nice to hear from you....Rick's wife: it is very nice to hear from you. <br /><br />Thank you for the reference to Cakes and Ale: I haven't read it, and now I am curious to see how Maugham portrays Hardy. I see that it was published in 1930, after Hardy's death, so the ever-sensitive Hardy would not have seen it. I will track it down.<br /><br />Perhaps these coincidental encounters with Hardy are telling you: read his poetry! (Please!)<br /><br />As always, thank you for visiting, and for your thoughts.Stephen Pentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14882220887712092005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5010170380967519230.post-41185864598032634182012-04-10T05:00:03.243-07:002012-04-10T05:00:03.243-07:00I haven't read much of Hardy's poetry, but...I haven't read much of Hardy's poetry, but lately I keep coming across references to him. First the Auden, and now I am reading "Cakes and Ale" by Somerset Maugham, who was accused of modeling the character of Edward Driffield in that novel on Hardy. Maugham denied this, but is at his most deliciously subversive here.Goethe Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11390542069637659154noreply@blogger.com