tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post6435009101700100313..comments2023-10-12T07:13:01.637-04:00Comments on The American Literary Blog: Birth of McCabeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-66285735738169024122011-08-04T22:41:17.667-04:002011-08-04T22:41:17.667-04:00Thanks. I at first wondered if the subject was jus...Thanks. I at first wondered if the subject was just an idealized woman-figure, but the specific references to "Ralph" and "Sir Alan" threw me a bit. Appreciate the extra info.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-80298259631747098842011-08-04T22:26:41.052-04:002011-08-04T22:26:41.052-04:00I feel like this was a generic life in the trenche...I feel like this was a generic life in the trenches snapshot, so there isn't necessarily a real-life woman McCabe was addressing. I'm not sure about Ralph yet, but a footnote to one anthology refers to "Sir Alan" as "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Graham,_1st_Marquess_of_Montrose" rel="nofollow">James Graham</a>, Marquis of Montrose (1612-1650), the poet, and great soldier and supporter of Charles I."Rob Velellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14284492589098267999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499582243291531753.post-5866051628751005532011-08-04T20:04:16.770-04:002011-08-04T20:04:16.770-04:00Hello Rob,
Hope I'm not asking the obvious, b...Hello Rob,<br /><br />Hope I'm not asking the obvious, but who is the woman of whom McCabe wrote? I'm assuming a sweetheart? And as a pendant, who are "slight scholarly Ralph in his Oxford gown" and "stanch Sir Alan, who died for Montrose"?<br /><br />Thanks for any light you might shed ("fire-light," "twilight," or otherwise...).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com