Talk:E. Nesbit
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With all due respect, let's not be Gutenberg fanbois. If you had another reason for removing my link, then please say so. The Gutenberg site links to that one as well, as it is clearly a superior source of books by Nesbit. In addition, many are illustrated, and it also contains stuff that is not in Proj. Gut. I have reverted to my edits for now.
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[edit] Anti-Semitism
Since the issue of Nesbit's anti-semitic attitudes (in some of her works) was raised by a contributor to the wiki on The Phoenix and the Carpet, it might be good to include a bit in this wiki on Nesbit's attitudes toward Jews in both her private and published life, as this is an issue that is likely to prove a stumbling block to many of her readers. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find any comprehensive articles on the subject, and my knowledge of Nesbit's life is not deep, so I don't feel competent to write a paragraph on the matter. N.b. also Talk:The Phoenix and the Carpet. 68.100.18.183 13:24, 19 January 2006 (UTC)RandomCritic
[edit] Golden Dawn
The wiki on The Story of the Amulet claims that Nesbit was a member of the mystical-magical Order of the Golden Dawn. If supported by solid evidence, this is an interesting fact about Nesbit that deserves to be in her biographical article -- for one thing, it involves her in a social circle containing several other authors of note, such as William Butler Yeats.
- That claim certainly shows up in a number of places, e.g. [1], [2], [3]. Coulombe's article offers a bibliography, though it's not obvious which of those books mentions Nesbit; it's also the only one I could find on a quick search that discusses her beyond including her name in a list of members. The one at hermeticfellowship.org gives a table of contents from a book that looks to mention her as a member. Some of those sources are a bit flakier than I'd like, but that probably goes with the territory. --Calair 23:49, 19 January 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Bernard Shaw
According to Michael Holroyd's biography of Shaw, he was not one of her lovers; they flirted a lot and Nesbit was very interested in consumating the relationship but that interest scared Shaw off. Accordingly, I have removed the statement that he was one of her lovers
[edit] L.M. Montgomery
This article claims:
[Nesbit's] influence ws felt even beyond her direct writing style: L.M. Montgomery used a photograph of Nesbit as her model for the character Anne of Green Gables.
However, the article on Anne of Green Gables states:
Montgomery used a photograph of Evelyn Nesbit, clipped from an American magazine and pasted to the wall near her writing desk, as the model for Anne Shirley, the book's protagonist.
Sounds like there's been a mix-up of Nesbits -- Evelyn Nesbit and E[dith] Nesbit aren't the same person. Which article has it correct? It seems more likely that Evelyn Nesbit, "an artists' model," would have been the inspiration for the character.
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