Learned Lady

Robert Browning

Published by Harvard University Press 1966

Learned Lady

Letters from Robert Browning to Mrs. Thomas Fitzgerald, 1876–1889

Robert Browning

Edited by: Edward C. McAleer

https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674732582

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About this book

In reproducing sixty-six letters in the Carl H. Pforzheimer Library, plus eight letters or portions of letters previously published, this book offers one of the best sources available for the last fourteen years of Browning's life.

Written to a dear friend who was also a "learned lady," the letters deal with Browning's poetry, his social life, and his friendships. They also give some of his views on the nature of poetry, of art, and of religion. The editor's introduction offers the reader a view of Mrs. Fitzgerald and her family, of the social background with which many of the letters are concerned, and of Browning, his sister, and his son.

Notes clarify the many allusions that appear in the letters. An appendix by Marcelle Thiébaux includes careful bibliographical descriptions of the manuscripts and a classified list of the writing paper Browning used, information which should enable future editors to assign at least approximate dates to some of the letters Browning himself left undated.

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Acknowledgments Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	xi
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
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Letters from Robert Browning to Mrs. Thomas FitzGerald 1876-1889 Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	29
Appendix: Bibliographical Description of Browning's Letters to Mrs. FitzGerald now in the Pforzheimer Library Marcelle Thiébaux Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
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