Painted Shadow: The Life of Vivienne Eliot, First Wife of T. S. Eliot Summary and Reviews

Painted Shadow: The Life of Vivienne Eliot, First Wife of T. S. Eliot
by Carole Seymour-Jones

Painted Shadow: The Life of Vivienne Eliot, First Wife of T. S. Eliot
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Author: Carole Seymour-Jones
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2003-10-14
ISBN: 0385499930
Number of pages: 736
Publisher: Anchor

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Book Review: Vivienne eliot finally has her day
Summary: 5 Stars

I read the book in 2002 while living temporarily in London. I disagree with critics who pan this biography, and say instead that it is a refreshing thing that this woman, long in the grave ( I blame TS Eliot in part), has finally been given a chance to be shown as a real woman, as something other than a footnote of Eliot's fame. What struck a chord with me was, in part, the unveiling of a tricky malfeasance by TS Eliot and Vivienne's brother. If she went insane, it was the two of these men who drove her into the asylum!

The woman was brilliant in her own right as a writer, reviewer, as well as editor and advisor (along with Pound) to TS as he composed the rantings that would become The Wasteland. In fact, I have a hunch that part of the writing is hers, not TS. As a woman who once suffered from early peri-menopause, I can say that Vivienne was likely such a sufferer. In her day, we did not help these women because we chose to lump all such "female complaints" as crazy, hypochondriac ravings, or as manipulative. I think the book shows the pitiable state she was in at the end of her life, and I take her behaviour to be at worst sad and at best brave. Seymour-Jones wrote a masterful biography. Those who moan on and on about its being ponderous or whining are simply WRONG. A biography does not need to be simply scholarly. Sometimes being empathetic is enough.

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