A Passionate Sisterhood
A Passionate Sisterhood
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The lake poets have become such a literary myth that our view of the area and era is deeply entrenched in their legacy. This book tells the story from the other side - the view from their wives, sisters and daughters.
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A Passionate Sisterhood by Kathleen Jones
Wordsworth, Coleridge and Southey have become such a literary myth that we are used to looking at the Lake District solely through their eyes. But the story for the women who loved and surrounded them - Dorothy and Mary Wordsworth, Sarah Coleridge and their daughters - was very different. Based on necessity, the extended family-type group they formed was a far cry from the harmonious rustic idyll illustrated by their male counterparts. Kathleen Jones looks at their letters and journals in this illuminating account of their lives - the passionate attachments and jealousies, unwanted pregnancies and children's death, drug addiction and barbaric medical practices.
Kathleen Jones's interesting study.. enriches our knowledge of the context in which they wrote, and offers some novel interpretations of character SPECTATOR A model of organisation and insight ... lucid, calm and thoughtful LITERARY REVIEW A considerable achievement THE TIMES A highly readable book. SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Kathleen Jones, born and brought up in a hill farm in the Lake District, is a published poet and the biographer of Christina Rossetti. She has also published LEARNING NOT TO BE FIRST, the controversial DUCHESS OF NEWCASTLE, A GLORIOUS FAME.
| SKU | Non disponible |
| ISBN 13 | 9781860494925 |
| ISBN 10 | 1860494927 |
| Titre | A Passionate Sisterhood |
| Auteur | Kathleen Jones |
| État | Non disponible |
| Type de reliure | Paperback |
| Éditeur | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Année de publication | 1998-07-02 |
| Nombre de pages | 384 |
| Note de couverture | La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier. |
| Note | Non disponible |