I've read all of 'Aurora Leigh', though my excuse must be that I was 15 or
so at the time, and even with that let-out I remember it as being pretty
sentimental. Read Scott's 'The Lay of the Last Minstrel' in the same era,
also Tennyson's 'The Princess' (got more out of that), these being on my
gran's shelf and me having run out of reading-matter.
joanna
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From: "Robin" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, August 03, 2006 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: map of literature
>> Philistine!!
>
> Who, me or Fitzgerald? Or both?
>
> I did try to read it once, and got as far as three pages in before I gave
> up.
>
> It was something to do with the rhythms, which is maybe significant as
> fairly central to Joanna and my disagreement over her (EBB's that is, not
> Joanna's) husband was the nature of the rhythms.
>
> R.
>
>>>> Unless of course it's Elizabeth Barrett,
>>>>
>>>> Roger
>>>
>>> I'm inclined to agree with Edward Fitzgerald here, who on hearing of
>>> EBB's death, remarked, "Thank God, no more Aurora Leighs."
>>>
>>> R.
>>>
>>>>> This will please Joanna Boulter ...
>
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