Abstract

Elizabeth Barrett and Alfred Tennyson were intimately bound together biographically and artistically. The attitudes and experiences the poets shared covered a surprising number of subjects and events. Formally, they addressed the same issues, employing similar techniques and creative processes. I will argue that in spite of Barrett’s resistance to accusations of “Tennysonianisms” in her writing and in addition to the two poets’ mutual involvement with textual hybrids, cases of borrowing and cross-referencing reverberate throughout their collective work.

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