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

Description: Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett by Daniel Karlin The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among the most famous in literary history. This edition is based on a fresh examination of their early, clandestine correspondence from its beginning to their elopement in 1846. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among the most famous in literary history: intimate and sensitive, they illuminate both the writers lives and their creative aims and methods. Daniel Karlins selection, which complements his widely acclaimed The Courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, is based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts and allows the reader to follow the story in all its scope and richness, from thebeginning of their clandestine correspondence to their elopement in 1846. Author Biography Daniel Karlinis based at The University of Sheffield and his main research interest is Victorian poetry. His publications include "Robert Browning" (1996), which he wrote with John Woolford. Joe Phelan is a senior lecturer in English at De Montfort University.His publications include "The Nineteenth-Century Sonnet" (2005) and "Clough: Selected Poems" (1995). John Woolfordis based at the Univeristy of Manchester. He haspublished two other books on Browning, "Browning the Revisionary" (1988) and "Robert Browning"(1996, with Daniel Karlin), together with many essays and articles. Table of Contents Introduction; Note on the text; Calendar of letters and meetings; The letters; Notes Review `The art of selection has been well practised to concentrate the hundreds of letters and thousands of details into a coherent picture based not on narrative, but on the words of the main characters. And it emerges fresh, compact and as moving as on first reading. The editorial tact which presents the letters almost bare of interruption and explanation, clusters a few compact and lucid notes at the end.The Scotsman`an astonishingly rich treasury of these poets prose has been published in a single volumeTimes Literary Supplementone can only marvel at this record of a strange and marvellous passionFair Ladyclearly presented and efficiently edited ... an agreeable way of sampling these extraordinary lettersPhilip Drew, University of Glasgow, Durham University JournalA lavish selection of the love letters of the two poets.Oxford TimesThis 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 Barretts poetry.Kenneth Millard, St Hildas College, Oxford, English Studies, Volume 73, Number 4, August 1992 Long Description The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among the most famous in literary history: intimate and sensitive, they illuminate both the writers lives and their creative aims and methods. Daniel Karlins selection, which complements his widely acclaimed The Courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, is based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts and allows the reader to follow the story in all its scope and richness, from thebeginning of their clandestine correspondence to their elopement in 1846. Review Text `The art of selection has been well practised to concentrate the hundreds of letters and thousands of details into a coherent picture based not on narrative, but on the words of the main characters. And it emerges fresh, compact and as moving as on first reading. The editorial tact which presents the letters almost bare of interruption and explanation, clusters a few compact and lucid notes at the end.The Scotsman`an astonishingly rich treasury of these poets prose has been published in a single volumeTimes Literary Supplementone can only marvel at this record of a strange and marvellous passionFair Ladyclearly presented and efficiently edited ... an agreeable way of sampling these extraordinary lettersPhilip Drew, University of Glasgow, Durham University JournalA lavish selection of the love letters of the two poets.Oxford TimesThis 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 Barretts poetry.Kenneth Millard, St Hildas College, Oxford, English Studies, Volume 73, Number 4, August 1992 Review Quote "Will satisfy the needs of most general readers and many undergraduates."--Choice Details ISBN0198185472 Short Title ROBERT BROWNING & ELIZABETH BA Pages 392 Language English ISBN-10 0198185472 ISBN-13 9780198185475 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 1989 Series Selected letters Imprint Clarendon Press Place of Publication Oxford Country of Publication United Kingdom Subtitle The Courtship Correspondence, 1845-1846. A Selection Edited by Daniel Karlin Position Reader in English Literature Affiliation Reader in English Literature, University College London DOI 10.1604/9780198185475 UK Release Date 1989-03-02 AU Release Date 1989-03-02 NZ Release Date 1989-03-02 Illustrations frontispiece Author Daniel Karlin Publisher Oxford University Press Publication Date 1989-03-02 DEWEY 821.8 Audience Professional & Vocational We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:97825441;

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