tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post7581800241094125176..comments2024-03-24T02:21:53.258-07:00Comments on william morris unbound: The Kelmscott Book of GhostsTony Pinkneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10044449613701140938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-88743673166264579222010-07-31T13:47:39.153-07:002010-07-31T13:47:39.153-07:00Jan, That is indeed a moving acount of the impact ...Jan, That is indeed a moving acount of the impact that Jenny Morris's illness must have had on the Kelmscott household, and would certainly account for much of the unsettling 'ghostliness' that Burne-Jones sensed there. Does that eerieness extend to the neighbourhood too? In his essay on 'Speech Sites' at Kelmscott House Alan Read speaks of 'the paupers' graves beneath Furnivall Gardens',so much wretchedness and suffering has existed on what can often seem, today, an idyllic sunny Thamesside scene.Tony Pinkneynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-805540988587071256.post-46006137509191092002010-07-21T05:52:53.529-07:002010-07-21T05:52:53.529-07:00Tony
I suggest that the sadness was occasioned by...Tony<br /><br />I suggest that the sadness was occasioned by the catastrophic effect on the household caused by Jenny Morris's epilepsy - a sort of pervasive dread of the next seizure, plus a grievous memory of the bright, energetic girl she had been when playing with/leading her sister and the Burne-Jones children. so a haunting feeling of what-might-have-been together with the real zombie-like person Jenny became, and the very heavy but seldom spoken of fear absorbing her parentsJan Marshnoreply@blogger.com