WMR answer Symons query on Shelley reference
Overview
| Date | 1904-05-14 |
| Publication | Athenaeum |
| Topic | WMR answer Symons query on Shelley reference |
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| Subject | literature |
| Keywords | Shelley error; Browning-WMR emendation |
| Standards | Browning-WMR letter |
| ↳ | Shelley error |
| Notes | Shelley: Tower of Famine, Shelley error, WMR-Browning correct |
Annotation details
1904 May 14 Athenaeum
Topic:
Rossetti answers Symon's query.
Citation:
Rossetti, William M. "Shelley's 'Tower of Famine.'" Athenaeum (1904): 626. Web. 21 September 2011.
Summary:
Rossetti states that he has already addressed the question Symons raised in The Athenaeum in his editions of "Shelley's Poems" in 1870 and 1878. He states that Browning pointed out to him Shelley's mistake in reference to the origin of "The Tower of Famine." He cites his own writing in the above-mentioned volume, and also pinpoints the reference in a Browning letter to Rossetti around that time.
Mode:
historical
Keywords:
Shelley, Tower of famine, Browning
Standards of Judgment:
first-person knowledge, facts, Browning letter
Rhetoric and tone:
definitive
References:
Browning, Shelley, Ugolino, Symon