A Friend Sails in on a Poem: Essays on Friendship, Freedom and Poetic Form
Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, but also Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell, the latter of whom penned Bronte’s biography. Molly Peacock’s Friendship, for poets, has long been grist for the mill. Anyone studying poetry is likely to stumble upon literary friendships – William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge come instantly to mind, but also Charlotte Bronte and Elizabeth Gaskell, the latter of whom penned Bronte...