15-Nov-2008, 19:50
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Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: England at present, but very shortly headed permanently for southern France.
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Literary Trails of the North Carolina Mountains: A Guidebook,
Georgann Eubanks
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Re: Elinor Wylie
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Originally Posted by titania7
Oh, Lionel, in addition to those pesky lesbian rumors, let's not forget Ms. Wylie's obession with Percy Shelley.
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No, indeed.
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Originally Posted by titania7
"Elinor Wylie, Elinor Wylie, What do I hear you say? I wish it were Shelley astride my belly instead of poor Bill Benet."
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It's just Sarah Teasdale's expression 'Astride my belly'. Surely that suggests the missionary position, and why should there be such an assumption? Wouldn't Wylie have chosen to be astride the belly of the man she was with?
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