Dearest Isa

Robert Browning's Letters to Isabella Blagden

Häftad, Engelska, 1951

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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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:1951-01-01
Mått:152 x 229 x 26 mm
Vikt:454 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:452
Förlag:University of Texas Press
ISBN:9780292715134

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Edward C. McAleer (1911-2006) was Professor of English at Hunter College, NYC.

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A first-class piece of scholarship that only Robert Browning himself could fail to appreciate. (New Yorker)

Innehållsförteckning

Preface Cue-Titles, Abbreviations, and Symbols Introduction Letters (Number. Date: Manuscript) 1. c. 1850: Baylor 29 2. Aug. 1, 1857: Baylor 7 3. February, 1858: Baylor 17 4. July 3, 1858: Baylor 1 5. July 8, 1858: Baylor 2 6. Aug. 1, 1858: Baylor 10 7. Sept. 4, 1858: BM A2550 8. Sept. 11, 1858: Baylor 11 9. c. Oct. 2, 1858: Baylor 4 10. Jan. 7, 1859: Baylor 8 11. Feb. 15, 1859: NYPL and Baylor 9 12. Mar. 27, 1859: Baylor 6 13. Aug. 2, 1859: Baylor 28 14. Aug. 7, 1859: Baylor 12 15. Aug. 11, 1859: BM A2550 16. Sept. 9,1859: Baylor 13 17. Nov. 30, 1859: BM A2553 18. Dec. 29, 1859: Baylor 18 19. Jan. 1, 1860: Baylor 16 20. January 1860: Baylor 3 21. January 1860: Baylor 15 22. Feb. 8, 1860: Baylor 18 23. March 27, 1860: Missing 24. April 19, 1860: Baylor 19 25. May 2, 1860: Baylor 20 26. May 10, 1860: Baylor 56 27. May 19, 1860: Baylor 5 28. Dec. 3, 1860: Baylor 21 29. Dec. 8, 1860: Baylor 23 30. Dec. 12, 1860: Baylor 22 31. Dec. 27, 1860: Baylor 24 32. Jan. 21, 1861: Baylor 26 33. January 1861: Baylor 25 34. c. Jan. 25, 1861: Baylor 34 35. May 13, 1861: Baylor 27 36. June 23, 1861: Baylor 33 37. June 24, 1861: Baylor 31 38. June 25, 1861: Baylor 30 39. June 26, 1861: Baylor 32 40. Aug. 22, 1861: Baylor 35 41. Aug. 31, 1861: Baylor 36 42. Sept. 9, 1861: Baylor 37 43. Sept. 17, 1861: Baylor 38 44. January 1862: Baylor 40 45. Feb. 6, 1862: Baylor 39 46. Feb. 15, 1862: Baylor 41 47. March 7, 1862: Baylor 42 48. March 25, 1862: Baylor 43 49. June 19, 1862: BM A2553 50. July 19, 1862: Baylor 44 51. July 26, 1862: BM A2550 52. Aug. 1, 1862: Baylor 45 53. Aug. 18, 1862: Baylor 46 54. Sept. 19, 1862: Baylor 47 55. Oct. 18, 1862: Baylor 48 56. Nov. 19, 1862: Baylor 49 57. Dec. 19, 1862: Baylor 50 58. Jan. 19, 1863: BM A2535 59. Feb. 19, 1863: Baylor 51 60. March 19, 1863: Baylor 67 61. April 19, 1863: Baylor 53 62. May 19, 1863: Baylor 54 and 55 63. July 19, 1863: Yale 64. Aug. 19, 1863: Baylor 57 65. Sept. 19, 1863: Baylor 58 66. Nov. 19, 1863: Baylor 59 67. Dec. 19, 1863: BM A2550 68. Jan. 19, 1864: Baylor 60 69. Feb. 8, 1864: Missing 70. March 19, 1864: Baylor 52 71. Aug. 19, 1864: Baylor 61 72. Sept. 19, 1864: Missing 73. Oct. 19, 1864: BM A2550 74. Nov. 19, 1864: Baylor 62 75. Dec. 19, 1864: Baylor 63 76. Jan. 19, 1865: Baylor 64 77. Feb. 19, 1865: Baylor 65 78. March 18, 1865: Baylor 66 79. April 19, 1865: Baylor 68 80. May 19, 1865: Baylor 69 81. Aug. 19, 1865: BM A2536 82. Sept. 19, 1865: Baylor 70 83. Oct. 19, 1865: Baylor 71 84. Dec. 19, 1865: Baylor 72 85. Feb. 19, 1866: Baylor 73 86. March 19, 1866: Baylor 74 87. April 22, 1866: Baylor 75 88. May 19, 1866: NYPL 89. June 20, 1866: BM A2547 90. July 13, 1866: Baylor 76 91. Aug. 7, 1866: BM A2548 92. Sept. 24, 1866: BM A2548 93. Oct. 19, 1866: Baylor 77 94. Nov. 26, 1866: Baylor 78 95. Feb. 19, 1867: BM A2553 96. March 21, 1867: Missing 97. March 29, 1867: Baylor 79 98. April 23, 1867: Baylor 80 99. May 22, 1867: Baylor 81 100. June 19, 1867: Baylor 83 101. July 19, 1867: T. L. Hood 102. Aug. 19, 1867: BM A2548 103. Sept. 19, 1867: BM A2548 104. Nov. 19, 1867: Baylor 86 105. Dec. 31, 1867: Baylor 87 106. Jan. 19, 1868: Baylor 88 107. Feb. 20, 1868: Baylor 89 108. March 19, 1868(?): Baylor 91 109. June 16, 1868: Baylor 90 110. June 19, 1868: Missing 111. Aug. 28, 1868: NYPL 112. Oct. 19, 1868: Baylor 92 113. Nov. 12, 1868: Baylor 93 114. Dec. 17, 1868: Baylor 94 115. January 1869: Baylor 85 116. Feb. 19, 1869: Baylor 95 117. April 19, 1869: Baylor 96 118. May 16, 1869: Baylor 97 119. June 19, 1869: Baylor 84 120. June 24, 1869: Baylor 98 121. Aug. 28, 1869: Baylor 99 122. Sept. 19, 1869: Baylor 100 123. Oct. 19, 1869: Baylor 101 124. Jan. 19, 1870: BM A2553 125. Feb. 24, 1870: Baylor 102 126. March 22, 1870: BM A2551 127. April 21, 1870: Baylor 103 128. June 19, 1870: BM A2551 129. July 2, 1870: Baylor 104 130. July 19, 1870: BM A2553 131. Aug. 9, 1870: Baylor 132. Aug. 19, 1870: BM A2552 133. Sept. 19, 1870: Baylor 105 134. Oct. 19, 1870: BM A2552 135. Nov. 21, 1870: Baylor 106 136. Dec. 30, 1870: Baylor 107 137. Jan. 23, 1871: Baylor 108 138. April 25, 1871: Baylor 109 139. May 21, 1871: Baylor 110 140. July 19, 1871: BM A2538 141. Aug. 19, 1871: Baylor 111 142. Oct. 1, 1871: Baylor 112 143. Nov. 8, 1871: Baylor 113 144. Dec. 29, 1871: Baylor 114 145. Jan. 25, 1872: Baylor 115 146. Feb. 19, 1872: Baylor 116 147. March 30, 1872: Baylor 117 148. April 30, 1872: Baylor 118 149. May 22, 1872: Baylor 119 150. June 1872: Baylor 124 151. July 3, 1872: Missing 152. Aug. 27, 1872: Baylor 119a 153. Sept. 19, 1872: Baylor 120 154. Nov. 1, 1872: Baylor 121 Appendix Index