Memorializing Seymour Kirkup
Overview
| Date | 1880-05-29 |
| Publication | Athenaeum |
| Topic | Memorializing Seymour Kirkup |
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| Subject | literature |
| Keywords | Dantesque literature |
| ↳ | expert |
| ↳ | obituary |
| Standards | encomium |
| Notes | Reminiscences 2: sofa, Trelawney |
| ↳ | Letters 3x. |
Annotation details
80 May 29 Athenaeum
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memorializing the death of Seymour Kirkup.
Citation:
Rossetti, William M. "Mr. Seymour Kirkup." Athenaeum (May 29, 1880): 696. Web. 21 September 2011.
Summary:
Rossetti writes an obituary for Seymour Kirkup, a "capital and diligent correspondent" and expert in "Dantesque literature."
Rossetti had a personal relationship with the elder poet stemming from Rossetti's stays in Italy which included frequent long discussions of literature (Reminiscences 2:350).
Kirkup was instrumental in the introduction of Rossetti to Edward John Trelawny, an introduction predicated upon all three of their shared appreciation of Shelley (Reminiscences 2:367). Kirkup bequeathed Shelley's sofa to Edward John Trelawny, who gave it to Rossetti (Reminiscences 2:375).
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"a recognized authority on questions of Dantesque literature; "learned, kindly, and communicative old gentleman."