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Indlæser... L.E.L.: The Lost Life and Scandalous Death of Letitia Elizabeth Landon, the Celebrated "Female Byron"af Lucasta Miller
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. I came to this biography when, during the frustrations of Covid-19 lockdown, I looked through an old copy of the "Literary Review". A compelling analysis of the life, work and reputation of an English writer I'd never heard of, it is the story of a young woman of talent and originality whose creativity and person were abused and exploited - the book both vivid and disturbing. Despite the biography's rather recherché title, I am grateful that Lucusta Miller has introduced me to Letitia Landon, and hope that the Letitias of the 21st century may be nurtured not exploited. Fascinating reclamation of the most popular English poet, since forgotten, of the nebulous "post-Byronic era," 1824-39. Letitia Landon led a double life--virginal poetess by day, her publisher's mistress (who abandoned 3 children) by night--until the two collided and destroyed her reputation. Combined with her hackneyed brand of passion poetry falling out of fashion, the loss of reputation eventually proved fatal to her career. She died a probable suicide at age 36. Of interest historically as a transitional figure, but there's no evidence here that, as a poet and novelist, she didn't deserve to fall into obscurity. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Lucasta Miller tells the full story and re-creates the literary London of her time. She was born in 1802 and was shaped by the aftermath of the Napoleonic Wars, a time of conservatism when values were in flux. She began publishing poetry in her teens and came to be known as a daring poet of thwarted romantic love. We see L.E.L. as an emblematic figure who embodied a seismic cultural shift, the missing link between the age of Byron and the creation of Victorianism. Miller writes of Jane Eyre as the direct connection to L.E.L.--its first-person confessional voice, its Gothic extremes, its love triangle, and in its emphasis on sadomasochistic romantic passion. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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