Dorothy Osborne: Letters to Sir William Temple, 1652-54 : Observations on Love, Literature, Politics, and ReligionAshgate, 2002 - 348 sider This title was first published in 2002: As attested to by scholars from Macaulay via Virginia Woolf to more recent critics, the letters of Dorothy Osborne (b. 1627) are not only the most elegant, but are also the most consistently readable in the language. In this revised and updated edition of her letters to the man whom she would propose and later marry, Kenneth Parker presents, along with transcriptions of the letters themselves, their publication history, and an in-depth exploration of the political, social, literary and critical contexts surrounding them. Osborne's letters offer astonishingly sharp-sighted comments on political and cultural events of her time. As told by Parker, the story of their creation, transmission and preservation offers a fascinating insight into the mind of a remarkable woman whose actions provide revealing insights into, and materials for, the study of the politics of culture in one of the key moments of transformation in England. |
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... opinion ( though I confesse there are too many Examples on't ) I have always's beleeved there might bee a friendship perfect like that you describe and mee thinks I finde something like that in my selfe , but sure tis not to be taught ...
... opinion ( though I confesse there are too many Examples on't ) I have always's beleeved there might bee a friendship perfect like that you describe and mee thinks I finde something like that in my selfe , but sure tis not to be taught ...
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... opinion she made him but an ill requitall for seventeen years ' service , to marry him when she had spent all her youth & beauty with another ' ( Letter 37 ) . It is out of an awareness of these high standards of conduct that she writes ...
... opinion she made him but an ill requitall for seventeen years ' service , to marry him when she had spent all her youth & beauty with another ' ( Letter 37 ) . It is out of an awareness of these high standards of conduct that she writes ...
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... opinion of John Osborne . She thinks he is too severe on Walker . Why does he not provide her with information about new phrases in use in London ? [ Saturday 6 or Sunday 7 August 1653 ] I do not lay it as a fault to your charge , that ...
... opinion of John Osborne . She thinks he is too severe on Walker . Why does he not provide her with information about new phrases in use in London ? [ Saturday 6 or Sunday 7 August 1653 ] I do not lay it as a fault to your charge , that ...
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