There is an incredible amount of material on EBBrowning and "Aurora Leigh," including annotated audio version [next post]. This link takes you to the Victorian Web site for A.L. I suggest reading the plot summaries for the rest of the book prior to reading the selections in our text.
Also, if you haven't done a group project yet, please contact me. In addition to discussions of our assigned texts, available topics include discussion of the Rossettis and the Pre-Raphaelite movement. Please contact me if you need to get a report done! cb
Eliabeth Barrett Browning: An Overview
Friday, October 30, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Treasure Hunt: find & post the drawing of del Sarto's wife! Extra Credit!!!
Found on the "Victorian Web": Robert Browning's "Andrea del Sarto" (1855): Making Do with Less
Philip V. Allingham, Contributing Editor, Victorian Editor; Faculty of
Education, Lakehead University (Ontario)
"After the publication of this poem, it became the fashion for every
English lady holidaying in Florence to purchase a copy of Andrea Del
Sarto's cartoon-drawing of his wife, a sketch which would reveal a
power nearly equal to that of Michelangelo, but somehow softer and
more human, although not nearly so inspired."
Philip V. Allingham, Contributing Editor, Victorian Editor; Faculty of
Education, Lakehead University (Ontario)
"After the publication of this poem, it became the fashion for every
English lady holidaying in Florence to purchase a copy of Andrea Del
Sarto's cartoon-drawing of his wife, a sketch which would reveal a
power nearly equal to that of Michelangelo, but somehow softer and
more human, although not nearly so inspired."
Andrea del Sarto, after Italian, 1487 - 1530 Beheading of St. John the Baptist and presentation of his head, circa 1600 ink and wash
31.2 x 39.9 cm (sheet)
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, long term loan to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco DL1.1976
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Let's Blog
Please post your reading discussion questions here henceforth. And check out the video of Tennyson reading...! Fell free to post anything related to our class well.
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