Sharon Hill
Complicated biological machine
- Joined
- Dec 16, 2014
- Messages
- 1,864
- Location
- Pennsylvania, USA
New article on Anna Fort and dismissing women’s intellect.
Dreiser commented that Charles had said sometimes “that he thought his whole life was wasted. I told him that was ridiculous.” Anna did not reply.
Her real feelings, too, exist somewhere outside of what has been recorded, in the realm of the unknown. There are a few clues. In 1921, Charles wrote the novelist to say he and Anna had had “another fight.” Anna felt she could have been a great singer if she’d had a chance to try. Fort replied, “One damn genius in the family is too damn much.”
He doesn’t record her response, but I can well imagine she agreed. She spent so much energy looking after Charles; when would she have time to be a genius? Besides, she didn’t have Theodore Dreiser going to bat for her.
https://lithub.com/ufo-or-unidentif...sten-bakis-on-the-undersung-life-of-anna-fort
Dreiser commented that Charles had said sometimes “that he thought his whole life was wasted. I told him that was ridiculous.” Anna did not reply.
Her real feelings, too, exist somewhere outside of what has been recorded, in the realm of the unknown. There are a few clues. In 1921, Charles wrote the novelist to say he and Anna had had “another fight.” Anna felt she could have been a great singer if she’d had a chance to try. Fort replied, “One damn genius in the family is too damn much.”
He doesn’t record her response, but I can well imagine she agreed. She spent so much energy looking after Charles; when would she have time to be a genius? Besides, she didn’t have Theodore Dreiser going to bat for her.
https://lithub.com/ufo-or-unidentif...sten-bakis-on-the-undersung-life-of-anna-fort