The House of Life

…In 1869, he exhumed the manuscripts of poems buried with the body of his wife (who died in 1862), and published his Anthology of Poems the following year. The poem “A Maiden in Heaven” in the Anthology of Poems depicts a spiritual exchange between an earthly lover and a dead woman, and “Ballads and Sonnets” (1881) contains “The White Ship” and “The Tragedy of a King,” as well as most of the famous sonnet series “The House of Life.” The poems highlight the poet’s struggle with the love conflict between his wife, who is the ideal woman in painting, and Jane, and his search for spiritual salvation. …

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…妻(1862没)の遺体とともに埋葬した詩稿を69年発掘し，翌年《詩集》を刊行。《詩集》の〈天国の乙女〉は地上の恋人と死んだ女の霊的交流をえがき，《バラッドとソネット》(1881)には〈白い船〉〈王の悲劇〉のほかに，名高い連作ソネット集〈生命の家The House of Life〉の大部分を収めた。そこには，絵画における理想の女性像である妻およびジェーンとの愛の葛藤に悩み精神的救済をもとめる詩人の姿が浮彫になっている。…

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