Dearest Isa

Author : Robert Browning
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 449 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2014-08-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780292767638

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Dearest Isa by Robert Browning Pdf

Robert Browning's friendship for Isabella Blagden was almost as remarkable as was his love for Elizabeth Barrett. After Elizabeth's death (June 1861), Browning went to England to educate their son, but he hoped eventually to return to Italy, principally so that he might be near his friend "Isa." He asked her to write to him once a month on the twelfth, promising to answer her letter on the nineteenth. The fulfillment of this obligation resulted in a correspondence which is remarkable from the standpoint of continuity. Most collections of letters suffer from their fragmentary form; there are no continuing threads of interest which hold them together. Not so the letters which Browning wrote to Miss Blagden. They are not in the great English letter writing tradition, being obviously written for Isa rather than for posterity, but they are filled with the most intimate and interesting sort of gossip and informal exchanges of ideas which give them a character all their own. One hundred and fifty-four letters from Browning to Isabella Blagden are known to be in existence; all of them are included in the present volume, together with copious explanatory notes and an illuminating introduction. Edward C. McAleer has approached every detail of his editorial task with thoroughness, imagination, and skill. His notes will add immeasurably to the pleasure of reading the letters, in addition to making a substantial contribution to the world's knowledge of Browning and his associates.

Author : Richard S. Kennedy,Donald S. Hair
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
Page : 509 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780826265524

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The Dramatic Imagination of Robert Browning by Richard S. Kennedy,Donald S. Hair Pdf

Author : Julia F. Saville
Publisher : Springer
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2017-05-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783319525068

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Victorian Soul-Talk by Julia F. Saville Pdf

This book explores the decades between the Reform Acts of 1832 and 1884 when British poets such as Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Arthur Hugh Clough, Robert Browning, and Algernon Charles Swinburne, along with their transatlantic contemporary Walt Whitman, defended the civil rights of disenfranchised souls as Western nations slowly evolved toward modern democracies with shared transnational connections. For in the decades before the new science of psychology transformed the soul into the psyche, poets claimed the spiritual well-being of the body politic as their special moral responsibility. Exploiting the rich aesthetic potential of language, they created poetry with striking sensory appeal to make their readers experience the complex effects of political decisions on public spirit. Within contexts such as Risorgimento Italy, Civil War America, and Second Empire France, these poets spoke from their souls to the souls of their readers to reveal insights that eluded the prosaic forms of fiction, essay, and journalism.

Author : John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 938 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-19
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317864912

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Robert Browning: Selected Poems by John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan Pdf

Robert Browning (1812 – 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his elopement and marriage to Elizabeth Barratt, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Browning’s mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout his career, from such chillingly unforgettable monologues as ‘My Last Duchess’ and ‘Porphyria’ to the mature work included in his collection Dramatis Personae. This selection, chosen by leading scholars, reveals the innovation, complexity and profound psychological insight that have ensured Browning’s enduring reputation and his continuing appeal to readers today. Browning: Selected Poems results from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of the writer’s work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the development of Browning’s art. An introduction and chronology offer useful background material, whilst annotations and headnotes provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception. This authoritative yet accessible selection should become the first point of reference for scholar, student and general reader alike.

Author : Robert Browning
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0198123566

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The Poetical Works of Robert Browning by Robert Browning Pdf

Author : John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-05-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317905110

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The Poems of Browning: Volume Four by John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan Pdf

The Poems of Robert Browning is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the origins and development of Browning's art. Annotations and headnotes, in keeping with the traditions of Longman Annotated English Poets, are full and informative and provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception. Volumes one (1826-1840) and two (1841-1846) presented the poems from his Browning's early years, while volume three (1847-61) covered the period of his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett and residence in Italy. Volume four (1862-71) deals with the decade following Elizabeth's death and Browning's return to England. These years saw the appearance of some of his most significant work, and a steady rise in his critical reputation. In Dramatis Personae (1864), Browning uses his characteristic "dramatic" mode to expose predicaments of thought and feeling, in characters ranging from Shakespeare's Caliban to the cheating medium, "Mr Sludge"; other poems dramatize Browning's complicated feelings about the deceptions and self-deceptions of romantic love. Balaustion's Adventure (1871) is an engaging reworking of Euripides' Alcestis, whose theme, the resurrection of a beloved lost wife, has poignant personal resonance for Browning;while Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, published in the same year, offers a thinly-veiled account of the life and actions of Napoleon III, the recently deposed Emperor of France, over whom Browning and Elizabeth had quarrelled. In these two long poems, Browning can be seen engaged in the dialogue with Elizabeth that was to shape much of his work during the remainder of his writing life.

Author : Robert Browning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1923
Category : Poets, English
ISBN : UOM:39015051363607

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Letters of Robert Browning to Miss Isa Blagden by Robert Browning Pdf

Author : Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Publisher : Delphi Classics
Page : 2386 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2013-11-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781909496538

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Delphi Complete Works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning (Illustrated) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Pdf

The Delphi Poets Series offers readers the works of literature's finest poets, with superior formatting. This volume presents the complete works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, with beautiful illustrations, rare texts and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1) * Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Barrett Browning's life and works * Concise introductions to the poetry and other works * Images of how the poetry books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the original texts * Excellent formatting of the poems * Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry * Easily locate the poems you want to read * Rare non-fiction works, including Barrett Browning's reviews on Wordsworth and Horne * Includes Barrett Browning's letters - spend hours exploring the poet's personal correspondence with her husband, friends and family * Features two biographies - discover Barrett Browning's literary life * Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections THE BATTLE OF MARATHON A ESSAY ON MIND, WITH OTHER POEMS PROMETHEUS BOUND POEMS, 1838-50 SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE SONNETS CASA GUIDI WINDOWS AURORA LEIGH POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS LAST POEMS The Poems LIST OF POEMS IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER LIST OF POEMS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER The Non-Fiction SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREEK CHRISTIAN POETS THE BOOK OF THE POETS REVIEW OF ëPOEMS, CHIEFLY OF EARLY AND LATE YEARS, INCLUDING THE BORDERERS, A TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH' REVIEWS OF CORNELIUS MATHEWS' POETRY REVIEW OF ëORION: AN EPIC POEM by R. H. Horne' The Letters THE LETTERS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING The Biographies THE BROWNINGS: THEIR LIFE AND ART by Lilian Whiting ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING by G. K. Chesterton Please visit www.delphiclassics.com to browse through our range of exciting titles

Author : Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1898
Category : Poets, English
ISBN : STANFORD:36105013077149

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The Letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning by Elizabeth Barrett Browning Pdf

Author : John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 595 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781317644507

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The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five by John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan Pdf

The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book’, a bundle of legal documents and letters relating to the trial, on a second-hand market stall in Florence, sparked an imaginative engagement with this sordid tale of domestic cruelty, adultery, and greed which grew, through four years of arduous labour, into an epic peopled not by gods and warriors but by concrete, recognisably human beings. Fusing the technique of the dramatic monologue, the form he had made his own, with the grandeur of classical epic and the vivid realism of the modern novel, Browning created a unique hybrid form that allowed him not only to bring to life an entire historical period but also to reflect on the process of artistic creation itself – the forging of the golden ‘ring’ of the poem from the ‘pure crude fact’ of its historical original. This edition, comprising volumes 5 and 6 in the acclaimed Longman Annotated English Poets edition of Browning’s poems, does full justice to the scope and depth of Browning’s achievement. The headnote in volume 5 gives an authoritative account of the poem’s composition, publication, sources, and reception, making use of hitherto unpublished letters and textual material. In addition to giving readers help, where needed, with historical and linguistic comprehension, the notes track Browning’s formidable range of allusion, from the most erudite to the most vulgar. The appendices in volume 6 present a selection from the original sources, a list of variants from extant proofs, and key passages from Browning’s fascinating and revealing correspondence with one of the earliest readers of the poem, Julia Wedgwood. The aim is to enable readers not just to understand the poem as an object of study, but to take pleasure in its abounding intellectual and emotional energies.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 1971
Category : Electronic
ISBN : MINN:31951001886683P

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Baylor Browning Interests by Anonim Pdf

Author : John F. Woodhull
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 89 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2019-01-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781465515971

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The Library of Work and Play: Electricity and Its Everyday Uses by John F. Woodhull Pdf

One day Harold expressed a desire to see the dynamos, five miles away, which furnish the electric light in our apartment. So I told him to invite his best friend to accompany us and we would go. When we were some distance from the station the boys noticed the very tall chimneys and inquired why tall chimneys were needed for dynamos. I explained that the dynamos were run by steam-engines, and steam-engines required the burning of coal. "Oh!" said Ernest, Harold's friend, "I read in the paper that electricity is the rival of steam and is going to drive out the steam-engine." I suggested that we were about to see some steam-engines driving electricity out of that power station. But more seriously, I explained that steam-engines were used for many years as locomotives to draw the trains on the elevated railroads of New York City, and when at last they were displaced by electric trains some people thought that it was a case of electricity driving out steam, whereas what had really happened was that the steam power for running those trains had been concentrated at a central station, and its power was merely transmitted to the trains by means of electricity. The trains were, therefore, run by steam power quite as much as ever. In like manner, the surface cars of New York a few years ago were run by a cable, which was merely a very long belt used to transmit to the cars the power of steam-engines located at a central station. When they were changed to electric cars, electricity became the successful rival of nothing else than a twisted wire cable. The cars still run by steam power as before, but that power is transmitted by electricity instead of the discarded cable. Steam has driven out the horse as a power for drawing street cars, and electricity has enabled us to gather all the steam engines into central stations, where now they are furnishing the power for moving surface, elevated, and subway cars for street traffic, as also trains for suburban travel. Central station steam-engines are producing a vast amount of power, distributed all over the city by means of electricity, for doing a great variety of work and for furnishing electric light and heat, all of which we shall presently study. "Just before we go into this central station, can you tell me how the elevator is run in our apartment house?" "It is an electric elevator," said Harold. "And where does the electricity come from?" I inquired. "Well, I know that it comes from the street mains, but do they come from this power station?" "Yes," said I, "and we will now go in and see the steam-engines which lift you up stairs many times each day by sending electricity to run that elevator. If you choose to do so, you may claim for purposes of discussion that your elevator is run by steam." As we entered the building we came first to the dynamo room and both boys noticed that the tone which met their ears was that which I had produced for them in the telephone the night before. "I shall try to show you before we get through," I said, "that these dynamos are doing something which makes iron pulsate sixty times a second and that that is the cause of the pitch of this tone. But let us begin with the coal which is the source of all this power.

Author : Gary Scharnhorst
Publisher : Syracuse University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2008-04-21
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0815608748

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Kate Field by Gary Scharnhorst Pdf

Kate Field was among the first celebrity journalists. A literary and cultural sensation, she reported the news while frequently becoming news herself because of her sharp wit and vibrant presence. She wrote for several prestigious newspapers, such as the Boston Post, Chicago Tribune, and New York Herald, as well her own Kate Field’s Washington. Field’s friends and professional acquaintances included Charles Dickens, Robert Browning, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Anthony Trollope, and George Eliot. Legendary novelist Henry James patterned the character of Henrietta Stackpole after her in The Portrait of a Lady. In this eloquent and immensely readable biography, Gary Scharnhorst offers a fascinating, often poignant portrait of a fiercely intelligent and enormously independent woman who contributed significantly to America’s intellectual and social life in the late nineteenth century. Kate Field was an outspoken advocate for the rights of black Americans and founder of the first woman’s club in America. She campaigned to make Yosemite a national park and saved John Brown’s Adirondack farm for the nation. The range of Field’s activities should foster interest in her biography from students and scholars of nineteenth-century American literature, women’s studies, journalism, and biography, and from both public and academic libraries.

Author : John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 567 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2022-06-30
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781000545739

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The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Six by John Woolford,Daniel Karlin,Joseph Phelan Pdf

The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868–9, is one of the most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini, for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning’s discovery of the ‘old yellow book’, a bundle of legal documents and letters relating to the trial, on a second-hand market stall in Florence, sparked an imaginative engagement with this sordid tale of domestic cruelty, adultery, and greed which grew, through four years of arduous labour, into an epic peopled not by gods and warriors but by concrete, recognizably human beings. Fusing the technique of the dramatic monologue, the form he had made his own, with the grandeur of classical epic and the vivid realism of the modern novel, Browning created a unique hybrid form that allowed him not only to bring to life an entire historical period but also to reflect on the process of artistic creation itself —the forging of the golden ‘ring’ of the poem from the ‘pure crude fact’ of its historical original. This edition, comprising volumes 5 and 6 in the acclaimed Longman Annotated English Poets edition of Browning’s poems, does full justice to the scope and depth of Browning’s achievement. The headnote in volume 5 gives an authoritative account of the poem’s composition, publication, sources, and reception, making use of hitherto unpublished letters and textual material. In addition to giving readers help, where needed, with historical and linguistic comprehension, the notes track Browning’s formidable range of allusion, from the most erudite to the most vulgar. The appendices in volume 6 present a selection from the original sources, a list of variants from extant proofs, and key passages from Browning’s fascinating and revealing correspondence with one of the earliest readers of the poem, Julia Wedgwood. The aim is to enable readers not just to understand the poem as an object of study, but to take pleasure in its abounding intellectual and emotional energies.

Author : Suzanne Aubert
Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781877242410

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Letters on the Go by Suzanne Aubert Pdf

Suzanne Aubert's life was a very full one, ninety-one years packed with eventfulness. It was nonetheless a thoughtful life, in a partnership of reflection and action lived out and communicated to others. The small French nun who strode the streets and roads of New Zealand on behalf of the poor and neglected was in her lifetime a legend - and she has remained so ever since. Highly articulate in both French and English, she wrote copious letters throughout her long life. The correspondence selected here reflects every aspect of her interest - her rich friendships, her challenges to the church hierarchy, her engagement with politicians on behalf of the poor, her relationships with the Sisters of the religious congregation that she founded (the Daughters of the Compassion). This book of letters is a superb presentation of a key figure in New Zealand history.