Project Gutenberg 2011-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 91 Jameson, Mrs. (Anna) 1794 1860 Jameson, Anna Brownell Murphy Murphy, Anna Brownell The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2) or Memoirs of Women Loved and Celebrated by Poets, from the Days of the Troubadours to the Present Age. 3rd ed. 2 Vols. Produced by Julia Miller, Josephine Paolucci and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/American Libraries.) "The Romance of Biography (Vol 2 of 2)" by Mrs. Jameson is a collection of biographical anecdotes written in the mid-19th century. The work focuses on the relationships between women and celebrated poets, examining how female beauty and virtue have influenced the lives and writings of male literary figures throughout history. It serves as both a tribute to these women and a critique of the poetic representations of love and beauty. The opening of the book introduces the theme of poetic love, beginning with the poet Carew and his muse, Celia, while delving into the influence that women held over men of genius from the days of the Troubadours. It discusses how the lyrical expression of love evolved through various styles and conventions, transforming from an honorable homage to women into a fashionably playful and often shallow expression, markedly influenced by changing cultural tastes over centuries. The text sets the stage for a deeper exploration of individual poets and their muses, highlighting the blend of admiration and disillusionment in these romantic relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Women in literature PN Text Browsing: Biographies Browsing: Literature 509709 509718 2024-09-15T05:22:26.729735 2023-09-15T11:01:17.350497 text/html text/html 523823 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 176805 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 254562 2024-09-15T05:22:41.282620 application/epub+zip 261173 2024-09-15T05:22:30.831682 application/epub+zip 261172 2024-09-15T05:22:28.644672 application/epub+zip 502590 2024-09-15T05:22:47.024576 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 558871 2024-09-15T05:22:38.627656 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466587 2022-09-16T08:48:23.272643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389098 388867 2024-09-15T05:22:25.059709 2023-09-15T11:01:15.769473 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 388775 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 157057 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 388771 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 156697 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20226 2024-09-15T05:22:47.188587 application/rdf+xml 14709 2024-09-15T05:22:29.051673 image/jpeg 3507 2024-09-15T05:22:28.844667 image/jpeg 235434 2024-09-15T05:22:26.770675 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia