Tag: Ford Madox Ford

Ford Madox Ford navigated the world of the Lost Generation during that lauded time in Paris, his relationships with other ex-pat writers in the city of light putting him in touch with some of literature’s greatest stars. These include Ernest Hemingway, Gertrude Stein, James Joyce, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Ezra Pound. He was among the luminaries who passed through Natalie Barney’s salon and who frequented Sylvia Beach’s Shakespeare & Company bookstore, the go-to library for those living in Europe at the time.

He was one of those writers who inspired derision amongst his peers: Ernest Hemingway, who rejected the more lyrical and fictionalized writing of his time, had some biting things to say about him. This is typical of Hemingway’s behavior: he didn’t sugarcoat Gertrude Stein’s unyielding bravado and harsh criticism of his work or Ford Maddox Ford’s perceived insolence and annoyance. When I write about the era in which he lived, his literature or I mention him for any reason, I file the post under the Ford Madox Ford tag.

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Café Society as Cultural Interpreter

What do the Paris and New York City cafés that served as historical backdrops for some of the world’s most brilliant creatives say about the…

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The Sensuous Delight of Place

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Like Katherine Mansfield’s enigmatic stories, the book Place by Tara Bernerd feels like “a thread with a subtly woven texture embracing ecstatic feeling, sensuous delight.” The…