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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... idea : ' a marriage without lawyers would be an abomina- tion in his sight ' ( 9 June 1846 , p . 772 ) . This is not as unreasonable as it sounds . Mr Kenyon would not have been objecting to the absence of merely formal documents , but ...
... idea : ' a marriage without lawyers would be an abomina- tion in his sight ' ( 9 June 1846 , p . 772 ) . This is not as unreasonable as it sounds . Mr Kenyon would not have been objecting to the absence of merely formal documents , but ...
Pagina 176
... idea of wit , from the French ' spirituel❜ , since wit is an economy of association , and ' loves contractions ' ( not just brevity , but contracts or connections ) ; ' Attic wit ' was a catch - phrase for ' refined , delicate ...
... idea of wit , from the French ' spirituel❜ , since wit is an economy of association , and ' loves contractions ' ( not just brevity , but contracts or connections ) ; ' Attic wit ' was a catch - phrase for ' refined , delicate ...
Pagina 198
... idea that letters are a poor substitute for human presence ( the idea which the letter puts forward ) is not the idea which it has of itself ( the idea which it embodies ) . By means of this subterfuge , Browning reaches Elizabeth ...
... idea that letters are a poor substitute for human presence ( the idea which the letter puts forward ) is not the idea which it has of itself ( the idea which it embodies ) . By means of this subterfuge , Browning reaches Elizabeth ...
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