ENGL 449 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Max Beerbohm, Bertrand Russell, Walter Pater
28 Oct 2015
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Faustus and helena: notes on the supernatural in art. Vernon lee: born october 14 1856 in france, parents were henry paget and matilda lee-hamilton (british, half-sisters to famous poet eugene jacob lee-hamilton. Lived most of her life in italy considered herself italian: child prodigy. Published her first collection of essays on travel (which were impressionistic) and her fantastic tales: also wrote extensively on psychological aesthetics, science, and philosophy. Biography cont: committed feminist who often preferred pants over skirts, corresponded extensively with walter pater and was considered one of the foremost. Lovers include mary robinson, amy levy, and kit anstruther-thompson scholars of the english renaissance. On a trip to england she met oscar wilde: strong personality and learning often garnered her enemies: j. a. Beerbohm, bertrand russell, etc: writing on the cusp of late victorianism and early modernism very difficult to classify and contributed of her writings (as did her pacifism in wwii)
