Being splendid
Stephen Wall, 3 March 1988
The Pleasure of Miss Pym
by Charles Burkhart.
Texas, 120 pp., $17.95, July 1987,0 292 76496 0 Show More
by Charles Burkhart.
Texas, 120 pp., $17.95, July 1987,
The World of Barbara Pym
by Janice Rossen.
Macmillan, 193 pp., £27.50, November 1987,0 333 42372 0 Show More
by Janice Rossen.
Macmillan, 193 pp., £27.50, November 1987,
The Life and Work of Barbara Pym
edited by Dale Salwak.
Macmillan, 210 pp., £27.50, April 1987,0 333 40831 4 Show More
edited by Dale Salwak.
Macmillan, 210 pp., £27.50, April 1987,
“... scholars acknowledge grants enabling them to consult the Pym archive in the Bodleian, and Janice Rossen warns us that ‘dissertations are not far behind.’ There seems a good chance that a cult will harden into canonisation. Ought it to do so? A strong case could hardly be made on the basis of Civil to Strangers, which Barbara Pym herself did ... ”