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and the Canzoniere in Nineteenth-Century England
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@MISC{Byron_andthe,
author = {Lord Byron and Christina Rossetti and Lene Østermark-johansen},
title = {and the Canzoniere in Nineteenth-Century England},
year = {}
}
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Abstract
This essay partly gives a brief survey of the status of the Canzoniere in nine-teenth-century England when the collection was finally translated in full into English, and partly traces the significance of Laura in English litera-ture after eighteenth-century biographies had transformed her from a vague Platonic ideal into a real, existing woman. The essay therefore traces the complex interrelationship between biography, translation, fiction and poetry and the ongoing dialogue with Petrarch in such highly self-conscious writ-ers as Byron, Foscolo, Collins and Christina Rossetti. For centuries Petrarch’s note about Laura’s death in his Virgil manuscript has been the object of much scholarly interest. The manuscript, now in the Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan, would appear to have been very easily ac-cessible in the nineteenth century when a young English visitor devoted her very special interest to it.1 The visitor was none other than Mrs Anna Jameson (1794-1860) who by the mid nineteenth century had become one of the most popular female art critics in England. In a chapter on Petrarch and
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nineteenth-century england nineteenth century young english visitor ongoing dialogue brief survey virgil manuscript vague platonic ideal mr anna jameson popular female art critic special interest christina rossetti complex interrelationship eighteenth-century biography self-conscious writ-ers nine-teenth-century england much scholarly interest english litera-ture essay therefore biblioteca ambrosiana mid nineteenth century century petrarch
