Hair, Donald S.

Fresh Strange Music : Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Language. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (310 pages)

Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1 An Essay on Mind: "Immortal Locke," Bacon, and "Poesy's Bright Beams" -- 2 "The Harmony of Verse" -- 3 Tongues of Angels, Echoes of Paradise -- 4 The Romance of English Poetry -- 5 Speech, Silence, and "Perplexed Music" in Poems (1844) -- 6 "My Rhymatology": Rhyme, Rhythm, and World Harmony -- 7 The Language of Prophecy: Casa Guidi Windows -- 8 "The Rhythmic Turbulence / Of Blood and Brain": Aurora Leigh -- 9 Blessings, Curses, and Sweet Music -- Overview and Conclusion -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- W -- Z.

A new approach to Elizabeth Barrett Browning's art through the music of her poetry and its social and political implications.

9780773597662


Browning, Elizabeth Barrett,-1806-1861-Criticism and interpretation.


Electronic books.

PR4198 .H35 2015

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