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Publisher: New Directions; 1 edition (April 29, 2014)
Publication Date: April 15, 2013
Language: English
ASIN: B00JNC98CC
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Last year, New Directions Publishing announced that it would be releasing a volume of the late Muriel Spark's essays entitled 'The Informed Air: Essays' in 2014. Shortly after, British publisher Carcanet Press Ltd advertised that it would be publishing a second volume of essays by Spark called 'The Golden Fleece,' which would see release on either side of the Atlantic first. Both would be edited by Spark's longtime friend and companion, Penelope Jardine.Now that the pair have been published, it is clear that each is essentially the same book with very minor changes, which include different organizational schemes and slight changes to the preface of the New Directions edition, which also incorporates a handful of stock photographs of subjects such as Robert Louis Stevenson, T. S. Eliot, Dame Edith Sitwell, the Boris Karloff incarnation of Frankenstein's monster, and the canals of Venice.The hardbound 'The Informed Air: Essays' is the better of the two, as its organizational system makes more sense, and because, in her altered preface, Jardine acknowledges that the pieces are not necessarily essays per se, but a combination of prose which includes reviews, journalism, interviews, broadcasts, speeches, and opinions as well as essays.This brief acknowledgement makes a world of difference, as Spark fans believing the book to be composed of intellectually sustained essays like those of Edmund Wilson or Gore Vidal are likely to be highly disappointed. Still, referring to these pieces as "essays" in the book's title represents a major folly when dealing with an author of Spark's caliber. Jardine writes that the still-mentally lucid Spark had a hand in choosing the pieces before her death in 2006, which makes the selection even more inexplicable.There are two broad types of compositions included: genuine essays to which Spark clearly gave serious thought, time, and attention and which are worthy of her international reputation, and what might be called 'incidental' pieces of a much looser, improvised and conversational nature, as if they were written quickly, perhaps to fulfill a small professional obligation, and with little further concern.Though the author's tart sense of humor remains intact ("the very thought of his touching my manuscript now offended my guts"), in the 'incidental' compositions Spark seems to have little to say and very little drive to want to express it.The reader learns, for example, that Spark likes to take careful notice of the neckties worn by newscasters; she believes the newscaster should purchase the necktie in question if attracted to it, but not wear it, or any other, while on the air, or indeed, at any other time.In the breezy and unfocused 'Love,' Spark conveys that she doesn't like to watch human beings "making love," but states that nothing was "more attractive and moving" than witnessing "a couple of young hares making love" outside her window in Florence. Her final word on the subject? "Love makes the world go round."Is Spark simply attempting to prove that she's a classic 'English eccentric,' if one by way of Edinburgh? Pieces like these are neither interesting nor informative, and their inclusion makes Spark seem like something of an egotist, as if in the last years of her life she believed that anything she wrote, felt, or thought was worth bringing to the public's attention. Or does the fault lie with Jardine?The answer to a potentially interesting topic like 'The Books I Re-Read and Why' is only: Proust's 'À la Recherche du Temps Perdu' and the Old Testament.'Pensee: The Supernatural' is only 57 words long, and ''My Most Memorable New Year's Eve' only 71, with several others being only slightly longer.As a result of these factors, 'The Informed Air: A Spark Miscellany' or 'The Nonfiction of Muriel Spark' would have been more accurate descriptions of the book's contents.Though it has been widely known for decades that Spark admired the work of Mary Shelley, Walter Scott, Cardinal Newman, Robert Louis Stevenson, the Brontes, Baudelaire, Proust, Eliot, and Max Beerbohm, Spark writes "the contemporary German author I most admire is Heinrich Boll," and readers will also learn she thought very highly of Henry James and Georges Simenon.The teenage Muriel loved Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind' (1936), while the adult Muriel finds it "bad art" but--nevertheless--"impressive."In her review of Carl Jung's 'Answer to Job' (1952), Spark takes the great Swiss psychologist to task for ignoring the epilogue of the Book of Job, but clearly doesn't grasp the full range of Jung's complex, complicated thinking. Here, Spark appears to believe in and conceive of the Christian God in a very literal sense, where Jung's understanding of the Christian God, and his application of that understanding, is far more figurative throughout all of his work, even excessively so.The volume is somewhat redeemed by the longer legitimate essays, including critically important Spark compositions like 1960's 'What Images Return' and 'How I Became a Novelist' and 1970's 'The Desegregation of Art,' which is a piece of art in itself, and represents Spark at her vital nonfiction best. Especially considering the cultural, social, and political climate of the West during the last quarter century, it is worth underscoring that, in the latter, Spark unconditionally rejected 'the cult of the victim' so prevalent today.Spark is also moderately accomplished in her fluid, keenly observational writing about Ravenna, Tuscany, Venice, Rome, and Istanbul, while her pieces on Mary Shelley, Robert Burns, the Brontes and Emily Bronte in particular, the Victorians, Cardinal Newman, Guy Fawkes and felines, among others, are sophisticated, dynamic and intellectually engaging. But even here, in several cases, just as an essay begins to gain momentum and leave general information behind, it comes to an abrupt and unsatisfying halt.As Spark notably controlled public facts and information about her private life throughout her career, genuine admirers of Spark's writing, thought and vision will most likely approach 'The Informed Air: Essays' enthusiastically, but many are likely to be disappointed by the offhand, extemporaneous feel of at least a third of the selection, which seems present, and obviously so, only to pad out the volume. If all the lesser pieces would have been placed in an appendix at the back, the book would have been the finer for it.Ultimately, the volume diminishes rather than enhances Spark's reputation, making its publication something of a folly. Readers interested in knowing a great deal more about Spark's thoughts, likes, and tastes should read Martin Stannard's excellent biography of the author, 'Muriel Spark' (2009), which was essentially commissioned by Spark before her death, and then edited by Jardine before publication.
Do you love elegant prose? Do you enjoy spending your precious time in thoughtful ways? Do you tire easily of long articles that never end? Buy this book of short, concise, provocative, civilized, endearing, elegant, necessary for the civilized person to stay civilized essays and addresses. Muriel Spark reminds the reader that the world of the mind is available on one's nightstand or desk. With just 15 or 20 minutes of concentrated leisure, one's proper attitude towards civilization will be restored.
Even for a dedicated Spark fan like myself, this is thing gruel. Seems to be mostly short occasional pieces contributed to various publications. For the completist.
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