Talk:Harold Nicolson
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Added a reference from the article by Erik Goldstein and an appropriate category per the article. Atabek 23:03, 16 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Best known for?
best remembered today for that relationship
I have a problem with this assumption. Is the original author of this article a lit major? As a Modern History major myself, with a strong interest in diplomacy, I knew a lot about Nicolson in college before I ever had any idea who his wife was. --Michael K. Smith 23:10, 17 May 2007 (UTC)
I've parsed it a bit. It's probably fair to say that of his ouevre, his diaries are best known to posterity (WWII!), whereas his unusual marriage is of more intimate psychological and LGBT interest. An interesting life. kencf0618 01:03, 11 October 2007 (UTC)
[edit] References
I think the reference list got omitted in previous edits, will add it. Atabek 11:55, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
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- Added more references on Harold's marriage and Vita Sackville-West. Atabek 12:17, 18 May 2007 (UTC)
[edit] More to do with Vita than Harold
Over the past few days, several sentences have been created. I applaud the addition of such meticulously referenced facts, but would question whether they are strictly relevant in this article:
- In her autobiographic sketch written in 1920, Vita Sackville-West described the alternating stages of her life: after a very tomboyish childhood and an adolescent lesbian relationship, her marriage to Harold Nicolson "brought out all the feminine" in her [3]. She took pains with her appearance, socialized as the charming young diplomat's wife and had two children [4]. Although later, in 1918, when Harold was away on an assignment, she returned to her lesbian life and had a love affair with her friend Violet Keppel [5].
The couple's open marriage and same-sex affairs are referred to elsewhere in the existing article, as are their children. I don't think the three sentences I've copied here really add to the article on Harold himself. I will let this stand for 48 hours in case another editor wishes to justify or amend them. BrainyBabe 13:28, 21 May 2007 (UTC)
