Talk:Frederick Rolfe

message: This article doesn't have a mention of his "History of the Borgias." I owned that book... --V. Joe 02:32, 29 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Borgias

message: Having read The Quest for Corvo, one thing I think should be mentioned on here (tactfully if possible) is Rolfe's querulous personality and tendency to fall out spectacularly with pretty much everyone who tried to help him and offer him food and board.
He lived in the era before the welfare state, and it must have been humiliating for him to have to rely on a succession of benefactors.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Meltingpot (talk • contribs) 10:44, 29 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: The Quest for Corvo

message: Some excellent edits have recently made to this section. But it does seem implausible that either William Gerhardie or Evelyn Waugh were substantially influenced by Rolfe. Is there evidence? Xxanthippe (talk) 04:41, 31 January 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: Thank you for these interesting observations. I am afraid that I remain of the view that the studied archaism of Don Tarquino, for example, is "as far from modernism as it is possible to get". Certainly, a source is needed if a claim is made that it is some sort of precursor of modernism. Most serious English novelists of the mid and later 20th century would have read Rolfe but this does not mean that he influenced their work. To take a specific example, the novelist Pamela Hansford Johnson certainly read Rolfe because she wrote an essay about him and based a novel of her own The Unspeakable Skipton on his character. There is no evidence that Rolfe influenced the style and attitude of her own writing, still less that he had any influence on the writing of her husband C P Snow. Xxanthippe (talk) 05:40, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Posthumous Literary Reputation

message: I'm not familiar with this person at all. Do you think Frederick Baron Corvo is the common name? Marcus Qwertyus  00:07, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: If you read the article and the numerous biographies you will find that he was known both under his true name Frederick Rolfe and his assumed name (to which he claimed to have entitlement under Italian law, but which was not accepted by English law or even Italian law) Baron Corvo. Frederick Baron Corvo would not be correct as it mixes the two. I see that most of your prior edits have been on military matters and I commend you for extending your interests into this obscure area. Xxanthippe (talk) 01:22, 23 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  [[Frederick Rolfe]] 

message: I have edited the Frederick Rolfe entry in several places over the past few years, and I am aware that there have been various comments and debates about my edits.  I have not responded to the Wikipedians who have commented simply because my computer literacy is not fabulous and I have been bamboozled about how to do so. However, I think I might have worked it out now, and I'm willing to answer any questions.  Of course I have interest in many other subjects, but have edited Rolfe's entry because I know quite a lot about him and he was the subject of my PhD.  Apologies for my scrappy understanding of how the Talk pages work.
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replies: text: Minor detail: you forgot to hold SHIFT while tapping those four ````. —Tamfang (talk) 02:07, 7 August 2012 (UTC)

text: Thank you, Tamfang. I hope I sign this one correctly. Segalen4 (talk) 03:10, 22 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Replies to Comments and Suggestions on Frederick Rolfe Entry

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