NPPF CANTO ONE: Maud PT 1 of 2

[charles albert]

This has enjoyed a pretty good going over; the debate will come up again later, but as to its appearance at this particular point, I wonder if any of following might illuminate.

"The intimate relationship between William Wordsworth, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, and Dorothy Wordsworth comes through in their canonical works. Dorothy's accounts are a valuable source of material on William, offering insights into the themes and inspirations of his early poetry. Themes of romance, incest, guilt, and familial breakdown and reunion can all be studied in their works. Dorothy Wordsworth deserves long-overdue credit for her influence on her brother's poetry, and also on the works of Coleridge."

 

http://www.yudev.com/mfo/britlit/wordsworth_dorothy.htm

Romantic period it was more acceptable to partake in incest than Although one might find it shocking in this day and age, during the homosexual acts between males.  Many writers, such as Byron, had documented intimate relationships with their siblings,   while others, such as Wordsworth, are the subject of much specualtion.   In  some instances these incestuous relationships are portrayed as being  of pure love, just as any normal relationship.  However there are also  instances  where the incest being represented is a rape occurring between  a father and  his daughter.  It wasn't until 1908 that English society saw a change in the laws surrounding incest.  Incest occuring between fathers and daughters  became illegal at that time.

 

http://www.cohums.ohio-state.edu/English/People/Tannenbaum.1/studentwebs/01wi08047/Shabba2/Incest.html




 
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