The importance of being Eleanor

Nor has she made superfluity enjoyable. She piles up the details as if they were all equally important, and displays them in a prolix style that makes bad worse. It is a particularly dangerous weakness in a biographer of [ELEANOR ROOSEVELT], who was endlessly engaged in churning out newspaper articl...

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Published inThe Spectator (London. 1828) Vol. 285; no. 8973; p. 31
Main Author Brogan, Hugh
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published London The Spectator Limited 29.07.2000
Subjects
Biographies
First ladies
Nonfiction
Politics
Roosevelt, Eleanor (1884-1962)
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Summary:Nor has she made superfluity enjoyable. She piles up the details as if they were all equally important, and displays them in a prolix style that makes bad worse. It is a particularly dangerous weakness in a biographer of [ELEANOR ROOSEVELT], who was endlessly engaged in churning out newspaper articles, memos to her husband, letters to her friends, and political speeches wherever she went, as well as dealing with her huge White House postbag.
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ISSN:0038-6952
2059-6499