Beauman, Nicola. The Other Elizabeth Taylor. Persephone Books, 2009.
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Giles Gordon
Standard Name: Gordon, Giles
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Anthologization | Sylvia Townsend Warner | The Fifth of November was chosen by Giles Gordon
for Modern Short Stories 2 1940-1980, 1982. |
| Anthologization | Mary Lavin | Sarah from this volume (dated 1943) was reprinted in Modern Short Stories 2, 1940-1980, 1982, edited by Giles Gordon
. |
| Anthologization | Elizabeth Taylor | The title story had been turned down by The New Yorker (which in fact accepted only two of the eleven stories in this volume) and by British periodicals. |
| Anthologization | Ann Quin | AQ
published a handful of short stories and articles in various journals, including Nova, the London Magazine, transatlantic review, and Antigonish Review. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 231 qtd. in Sewell, Brocard, and Colin Wilson. Like Black Swans: Some People and Themes. Limited Edition, Tabb House, 1982. 186 |
| Anthologization | Nadine Gordimer | NG
began writing short stories while working on her first novel; she published two hundred of them. Brockes, Emma. “A Life in Books. Nadine Gordimer”. The Guardian, 6 Nov. 2010, pp. Review 12 - 13. Review 12 Walder, Dennis. “Nadine Gordimer obituary”. theguardian.com, 14 July 2014. |
| Friends, Associates | Bessie Head | The publication of her first book added to the list of her epistolary friends: Giles Gordon
, her editor at |
| Friends, Associates | Bessie Head | Her friendships with Giles Gordon
and Paddy Kitchen
each crashed in flames for reasons connected with BH
's writing (publishing negotiations or opinions expressed), but each was joyfully restored in 1980-1. Eilersen, Gillian Stead. Bessie Head. 2nd edition, Wits University Press, 2007. 281-2, 285-6 |
| Literary responses | Penelope Mortimer | The adjectives chosen for these twelve stories by Giles Gordon
in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography are luminous, incisive. Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/. |
| Literary responses | Ann Quin | Berg earned AQ
two major awards: the Harkness Fellowship, given to the most promising Commonwealth artist under thirty years, and the D. H. Lawrence Fellowship from the University of New Mexico
. “Dictionary of Literary Biography online”. Gale Databases: Literature Resource Center-LRC. 231 |
| Literary responses | Penelope Mortimer | Reviews were mixed. The Times called the book catty as well as too clever . . . by half, while the New York Times Book Review called it awkward and inflated while also accusing it... |
| Literary responses | Louise Page | LP
was so moved that she wept as she wrote this play. She later perceived an autobiographical element in it. Page, Louise. Plays: 1. Methuen, 1997. xii |
| politics | Fay Weldon | Weldon wrote a fighting speech for the awards ceremony, protesting .about publishers' treatment of authors. She claimed later to have shown it ahead of time to the organisers, but I suppose they hadn't bothered to... |
| Publishing | Bessie Head | From the beginning BH
sounded defensive about this work, fearing it might be hard to place. Eilersen, Gillian Stead. Bessie Head. 2nd edition, Wits University Press, 2007. 168, 176 |
| Publishing | Bessie Head | Success as a novelist did not put a stop to BH
's shorter and more topical writings. Soon after finishing Maru she was writing for the New African about singer Miriam Makeba
's music and... |
| Publishing | Bessie Head | The book finished, the process of publication unexpectedly spun out into a nightmare. Trouble began when BH
requested 94 free copies for her to give, as she had promised, to the people she interviewed. Reg Davis-Poynter |
Timeline
1965: Giles Gordon did a series of interviews for...
Women writers item
1965
Giles Gordon
did a series of interviews for The Scotsman with female authors: a species of writer that at the time wasn't particularly recognised, although it certainly had been in the previous century.
Gordon, Giles. “Reading Ann Quin’s Berg”. Context: A Forum for Literary Arts and Culture, 2001.
Texts
Duffy, Maureen. “A Nightingale in Bloomsbury Square”. Factions, edited by Giles Gordon and Alex Hamilton, Michael Joseph, 1974, pp. 169-04.
Gordon, Giles, editor. Beyond the Words. Hutchinson, 1975.
Gordon, Giles, and Ann Quin. “Introduction”. Berg, 1st Dalkey Archive edition, Dalkey Archive, 2001, p. vii - xiv.
Gordon, Giles, editor. Modern Short Stories 2, 1940-1980. J. M. Dent, 1982.
Gordon, Giles. “Obituary: Penelope Mortimer”. Guardian Weekly, p. 26.
Gordon, Giles. “Reading Ann Quin’s Berg”. Context: A Forum for Literary Arts and Culture.
Quin, Ann. “The Unmapped Country: An unfinished novel”. Beyond the Words, edited by Giles Gordon, Hutchinson, 1975, pp. 252-74.