Project Gutenberg 2011-02-27 Public domain in the USA. 271 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.) Reading ease score: 62.2 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Women in literature PN Text Category: Biographies Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: British Literature 509840 2025-07-14T10:49:42.453244 text/html 523823 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/html 281203 2025-07-14T10:49:57.318159 application/epub+zip 287556 2025-07-14T10:49:47.601214 application/epub+zip 268353 2025-07-14T10:49:45.218254 application/epub+zip 529949 2025-07-14T10:50:02.487132 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 586300 2025-07-14T10:49:54.534191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 466587 2022-09-16T08:48:23.272643 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 389098 2025-07-14T10:49:41.012277 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 388775 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 388771 2021-01-07T13:40:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21234 2025-07-14T10:50:02.626134 application/rdf+xml 14767 2025-07-14T10:49:45.765207 image/jpeg 3471 2025-07-14T10:49:45.492225 image/jpeg 157057 2021-01-07T13:40:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 176805 2021-01-07T13:40:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 156697 2021-01-07T13:40:49 application/octet-stream application/zip 261500 2025-07-14T10:49:42.488213 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia