Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett: The Courtship Correspondence, 1845-1846: A Selection

ISBN-13: 9780198185475 / Angielski / Twarda / 1989 / 392 str.

Daniel Karlin;Karlin

Opis

The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among the most famous in history. Daniel Karlin's selection, based on a fresh examination of the original manuscripts, provides new insight into the clandestine correspondence which led to their elopement in 1846. These complex and subtle letters, in which they explored each others needs and desires, passions and anxieties, tell the story of how they waited many years to finally elope, overcoming certain obstacles such as the neurotic presence of Elizabeth Barrett's father, and the intense demands they made on one another.

Recenzje

'This selection includes less than half of the total collection of letters, and has been edited to highlight 'what the two writers have to say about their own love-relationship'. In this respect the book is of particular value to students of Barrett's poetry.' Kenneth Millard, St Hilda's College, Oxford, English Studies, Volume 73, Number 4, August 1992

Spis treści

Introduction; Note on the text; Calendar of letters and meetings; The letters; Notes