“The poetry Byatt invents for this novel is incredible: the style is precisely Victorian, even to the extent that various unique Victorian styles are represented. So Ash's mythic verses reflect Tennyson's, while LaMott's verse is a facsimile of Christina Rossetti's. The novel is also a pretty good representation of modern scholarship as it is, a venal and desiccated enterprise, with the two scholars, acting on the clues and discoveries they make, represent scholarship as it should be. ”
fixedgod wrote this review Wednesday, November 1, 2006.
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