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Invisible Friends: The Correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Benjamin
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Pages
- 224
- Publication Date
- 1972-01-01
- Book Title
- Invisible Friends: The Correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett Browni
- ISBN
- 9780674465862
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
Harvard University Press
ISBN-10
0674465865
ISBN-13
9780674465862
eBay Product ID (ePID)
749729
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
224 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Invisible Friends : The Correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842-1845
Subject
Literary, European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh
Publication Year
1972
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Literary Criticism, Biography & Autobiography
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
0.1 in
Item Weight
17.6 Oz
Item Length
0.9 in
Item Width
0.6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Scholarly & Professional
LCCN
72-080659
Illustrated
Yes
Synopsis
Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Benjamin Robert Haydon never met, their lively and topical conversation, initiated in 1842, continued unabated until 1845, about a year before the painter's suicide. It was a somewhat lopsided correspondence in which ninety-four letters written by Haydon, most of which have not been published before, received fewer replies from Miss Barrett, twenty-eight of which are included in this book. Judging from the contents of the letters, the epistolary friendship was truly meaningful to both. To Miss Barrett, Haydon was "my dear kind friend"; he was far more effusive, addressing her as "you Ingenious little darling invisible" and "my dearest dream & invisible intellectuality." In spite of Haydon's frequent pleas for a meeting, Miss Barrett never agreed to receive him. However, as the correspondence progressed, they exchanged more and more confidences and each recognized the other as a responsive and sympathetic listener. With complete candor Haydon admitted at one point that egotism was the basis of his pleasure in the correspondence; "I never ask what you are doing," he wrote, "but take it for granted what I am doing must be delightful to you." Evincing warmth and poignancy, the letters range over a variety of colorful subjects covering art, literature, current events, and gossip. The Elgin Marbles and Queen Victoria are discussed, and the correspondents air opposing views on mesmerism and Napoleon versus Wellington. After a thoughtful introduction which provides background information on Miss Barrett and Haydon, Willard Pope presents the letters-carefully annotated with identifying information on people, places, and current events-in chronological order., Browning and Haydon never met, but their lively conversation, initiated in 1842, continued unabated until 1845, about a year before the painter's suicide. It was a lopsided correspondence in which 94 letters written by Haydon, most of which have not been published before, received fewer replies from Barrett, 28 of which are included here., Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Benjamin Robert Haydon never met, their lively and topical conversation, initiated in 1842, continued unabated until 1845, about a year before the painter's suicide. It was a somewhat lopsided correspondence in which ninety-four letters written by Haydon, most of which have not been published before, received fewer replies from Miss Barrett, twenty-eight of which are included in this book. Judging from the contents of the letters, the epistolary friendship was truly meaningful to both. To Miss Barrett, Haydon was "my dear kind friend"; he was far more effusive, addressing her as "you Ingenious little darling invisible" and "my dearest dream & invisible intellectuality." In spite of Haydon's frequent pleas for a meeting, Miss Barrett never agreed to receive him. However, as the correspondence progressed, they exchanged more and more confidences and each recognized the other as a responsive and sympathetic listener. With complete candor Haydon admitted at one point that egotism was the basis of his pleasure in the correspondence; "I never ask what you are doing," he wrote, "but take it for granted what I am doing must be delightful to you." Evincing warmth and poignancy, the letters range over a variety of colorful subjects covering art, literature, current events, and gossip. The Elgin Marbles and Queen Victoria are discussed, and the correspondents air opposing views on mesmerism and Napoleon versus Wellington. After a thoughtful introduction which provides background information on Miss Barrett and Haydon, Willard Pope presents the letters--carefully annotated with identifying information on people, places, and current events--in chronological order.
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