The Courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth BarrettClarendon Press, 1985 - 281 pagini In 1846 Elizabeth Barrett rose from an invalid's bed to elope to Italy with Robert Browning. The secret courtship of the two poets--their long correspondence and their meetings in the shadow of Elizabeth's tyrannical father--has become one of the most celebrated romances of literary history. Based on a more intense study of the letters than has ever been attempted before, this book gives a fresh account of the powerful myth of Browning's chivalrous rescue and Barrett's miraculous recovery, examines anew the character and motivation of the three principals, and demonstrates what and important part the letters play in the interpretation of both poet's work. |
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... eyes & ears , & never forgot it . . as you observe . It seemed to me , child as I was , a dreadful thing to have a husband by such a process ' ( 6 July 1846 , p . 853 ) . She was equally observant , and equally sharp , about the ...
... eyes & ears , & never forgot it . . as you observe . It seemed to me , child as I was , a dreadful thing to have a husband by such a process ' ( 6 July 1846 , p . 853 ) . She was equally observant , and equally sharp , about the ...
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... eyes ' would explain it to Elizabeth Barrett , but hardly excuse it : he was , after all , engaged in ' blotting out ' and not ' softening down ' . He therefore attempted to neutralize the impact of his letter , not only by calling it a ...
... eyes ' would explain it to Elizabeth Barrett , but hardly excuse it : he was , after all , engaged in ' blotting out ' and not ' softening down ' . He therefore attempted to neutralize the impact of his letter , not only by calling it a ...
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... eyes round - oh , it is nonsense & weakness , I know - but I would rather , rather , see winking eyes than staring eyes . What has anybody to do with us ? Even my own family .. why should they ever see the farthest figure of our affairs ...
... eyes round - oh , it is nonsense & weakness , I know - but I would rather , rather , see winking eyes than staring eyes . What has anybody to do with us ? Even my own family .. why should they ever see the farthest figure of our affairs ...
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First Letters | 44 |
First Meeting | 75 |
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