Women’s Writing in the British Isles from the Beginnings to the Present
Robert Browning
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Standard Name: Browning, Robert
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RB
wrote thirty-one books of poetry (excluding numerous collected editions) and became the most influential practitioner of the dramatic monologue in the Victorian period. He also wrote literary criticism and two plays that were staged. His poetry's conversational phrasing, challenging syntax, quotidian imagery, and philosophical preoccupations respond to romanticism and anticipate modernism. He has become one of the most prominent among canonical Victorian poets.
ABJ
and her niece Gerardine
departed for Paris, where they encountered the BrowningsRobert Browning
, who had just eloped, and all four travelled together to Pisa.
Thomas, Clara. Love and Work Enough: The Life of Anna Jameson. University of Toronto Press.
169-70
Friends, Associates
Anna Brownell Jameson
Robert Browning
expressed indignation that ABJ
's sisters were granted a pension after her death; he felt they had encumbered her unnecessarily during her lifetime.
Thomas, Clara. Love and Work Enough: The Life of Anna Jameson. University of Toronto Press.
216
Friends, Associates
Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
As in Dublin, she became known for her salons, which were held on Saturdays from 5 to 7 p.m. until their popularity demanded bi-weekly gatherings. The cream of London's literati and intelligentsia attended, including George Bernard Shaw
Wealth and Poverty
Jane Francesca, Lady Wilde
By the time JFLW
moved to Oakley Street, her finances were greatly reduced. A day after arriving at the new house, she asked to borrow a sovereign from Constance
. Proper household management became difficult...
Theme or Topic Treated in Text
Elizabeth Jenkins
Daniel Dunglas Home was, said a reviewer of EJ
's book, the most successful of all the Victorian mediums. Among his many supporters were Anna Maria
and Samuel Carter Hall
.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.
Clinton, Catherine. Fanny Kemble’s Civil Wars. Simon and Schuster.
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Marshall, Dorothy. Fanny Kemble. Weidenfeld and Nicholson.
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Publishing
Margaret Kennedy
She dedicated this novel to her husband
. Like its predecessor, The Fool of the Family went through stage and screen adaptations. It was first performed in 1933 with the new title: Escape Me Never...
Travel
Vernon Lee
VL
was at this time a guest of Mary Robinson
and her family. She combined her connections with theirs in order to meet a number of major cultural figures: Sir Leslie Stephen
, Robert Browning
Reception
Vernon Lee
One of the first and most appreciative readers of VL
's work was John Addington Symonds
, a leading cultural historian of the time. Her book also brought her the notice and friendship of other...
Literary responses
Vernon Lee
Shortly after the publication of this book she sent a copy to Robert Browning
, assuming he would appreciate the admiration she expresses for his poetry (The Ring and the Book). In June...
Education
Denise Levertov
DL
never went to school, but was educated at home by her mother up to the age of twelve. She then began ballet lessons (for which she had a passion, but which caused her to...
