Cousins in Love: The Letters of Lydia DuGard, 1665-1672 : with a New Edition of The Marriages of Cousin Germans by Samuel DuGardArizona Center for Medieval and Renaissance Studies in conjunction with Renaissance English Text Society, 2003 - 218 páginas Lydia loved her cousin Samuel, and began a correspondence with him when she was 15 that lasted until they were married seven years later. They tell of her blossoming love and her life in a small English village in Warwickshire. Being a guy, he responded to her love letters with a treatise, The Marriages of Cousin Germans, Vindicated from the Censures of Unlawfullnesse, and Inexpediency." His text follows her 32 letters, which face pages of explanatory notes. |
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... less matter what others think of it , or me . " 36 ' Lydia's letters are more understandable if read with this very sensitive issue in mind . The second impediment to the marriage was Samuel's inability to contribute his share to the ...
... less matter what others think of it , or me . " 36 ' Lydia's letters are more understandable if read with this very sensitive issue in mind . The second impediment to the marriage was Samuel's inability to contribute his share to the ...
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... less than a year later , on 20 August 1675 , Lydia died in childbirth.50 The child , a daughter , survived and was named Lydia after her mother and grandmother . So sadly , after all the waiting and planning , Lydia and Samuel had only ...
... less than a year later , on 20 August 1675 , Lydia died in childbirth.50 The child , a daughter , survived and was named Lydia after her mother and grandmother . So sadly , after all the waiting and planning , Lydia and Samuel had only ...
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... less strange one to another . he must have his own humore ; but let him take heed , he thinks I am of a very sturdy spirit , but he is alittle misstaken , and if he should be too unkind and harsh to me perhaps he may have more cause to ...
... less strange one to another . he must have his own humore ; but let him take heed , he thinks I am of a very sturdy spirit , but he is alittle misstaken , and if he should be too unkind and harsh to me perhaps he may have more cause to ...
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Editorial Procedures | 28 |
Introduction to The Marriages of Cousin Germans | 139 |
Biographical Appendix | 189 |
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