tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post5445986675655276248..comments2023-10-20T11:17:47.246-04:00Comments on Two Nerdy History Girls: Death of John KeatsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-87597550218990756102016-02-23T11:56:36.484-05:002016-02-23T11:56:36.484-05:00I think if I were a writer, I would not read revie...I think if I were a writer, I would not read reviews. I will modify a saying to: Those who can, do, those who can't, criticize.<br /><br />My mother and aunts used to slather Mercurochrome over scrapes when we were kids. We kids all survived :-)Karen Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13306986336556283751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-5968536289630670882016-02-23T10:36:37.862-05:002016-02-23T10:36:37.862-05:00At the risk of going all-Hermione Granger here, af...At the risk of going all-Hermione Granger here, after Keats died the surgeon who performed the autopsy said he'd never seen lungs as damaged and wondered how Keats lived as long as he did. His lungs were almost entirely destroyed. <br /><br />Keats was a sensitive man to be sure, but he was not fearful or timid. At school he was famous for his pugnacity and his "terrier courage." <br /><br />I'm sure the nasty reviews upset him but they didn't kill him. He had so much more poetry in him that he wanted to write. He wanted to change English poetry. Those critics weren't capable of seeing that. <br /><br />Two Nerdy History Girls is my favorite history blog. Always interesting. Always fun. Breakfast Links is awesome-saucy like hot scones and butter and coffee with a splash of whisky.Mary Beth Basshttp://marybethbassbooks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5022318990784415929.post-59009456392850984922016-02-23T08:34:23.468-05:002016-02-23T08:34:23.468-05:00Have nasty reviews ever hastened an author’s or ar...Have nasty reviews ever hastened an author’s or artist's death? Certainly. I will mention just two. <br /><br />Georges Bizet's most famous work was publicly condemned for its obscene libretto; the music was criticised as unFrench and unromantic. He didn't suicide but he died soon after in his mid 30s, from abscesses and depression.<br /><br />Vincent Van Gogh died at the same age from suicide, after a history of nasty reviews and a dismal social life.Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com