Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of BiographyMany of our most treasured works of literature, including John Donne's sonnets and Shakespeare's plays, have been preserved more by accident than by design. Key writings from the past have been burned, stolen, suppressed or edited by widows or friends anxious to preserve a sanitized image of the writer in question, sometimes for profit or self-aggrandizement. |
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Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography Ian Hamilton. CHAPTER THIRTEEN REMEMBERING RUPERT BROOKE Henry James's last published writing was in praise of Rupert Brooke . Like many others who in 1915 were moved to commemorate the ' Apollo ...
Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography Ian Hamilton. CHAPTER THIRTEEN REMEMBERING RUPERT BROOKE Henry James's last published writing was in praise of Rupert Brooke . Like many others who in 1915 were moved to commemorate the ' Apollo ...
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... ) It was not that these friends wanted to discredit Brooke ; their fear - like the Ranee's - was that there would be a price to pay for Marsh's starry - eyed portrayal . And of course we now know that there was . 233 REMEMBERING RUPERT ...
... ) It was not that these friends wanted to discredit Brooke ; their fear - like the Ranee's - was that there would be a price to pay for Marsh's starry - eyed portrayal . And of course we now know that there was . 233 REMEMBERING RUPERT ...
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... Rupert Brooke 222 the circumstances have caused me : Henry James to Edward Marsh , 28 March 1915 , quoted in ... Rupert Brooke Circle , Macmillan , 1987 , p 64 . 222 Insidious : H.J. to Charles Sayle , 16 June 1909 , Henry James ...
... Rupert Brooke 222 the circumstances have caused me : Henry James to Edward Marsh , 28 March 1915 , quoted in ... Rupert Brooke Circle , Macmillan , 1987 , p 64 . 222 Insidious : H.J. to Charles Sayle , 16 June 1909 , Henry James ...
Contents
John Donne the Younger | 7 |
Surviving Shakespeare | 16 |
Marvell Milton Dryden | 30 |
Copyright | |
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