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"The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller: Annotated by John Gough

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Description:In 2018, I watched, not for the first time, but many years after I first saw it (if, in fact I had ever seen it before) the Hollywood film of 1944 – released in June 0f 1944! based on the narrative of Alice Duer Miller’s verse novel, The White Cliffs. I had been aware of the film, and the book, for many years. My mother-in-law owned a copy of the book (probably bought during World War II when the book was a best-seller), and I read it around 1972. At that time, for me, at least, the book’s many references and allusions were all vivid. However, now, re-reading the book, as a result of recently watching the film, I realise that – nearly EIGHTY years after the book was originally published! – many interesting and important details may be lost on younger readers – and, as I have explored the poems, again, I realise many of Miller’s references were initially lost on me!For example, in the very first quatrain, it helps if we know WHAT the “White Cliffs” are, and WHERE they are, and also WHY the narrator refers to “the sea that once made her [England] secure”? Brief lessons in geology, geography and history will certainly help us read these first four lines with comprehension and informed appreciation. In short, this is a book that needs, and deserves careful annotations, so that the story it tells – of the American woman, Susan Dunne, and the English man, John can be appreciated within its own era, as well as by modern readers in the Twenty-first century.Let me offer two more indicative examples to show the case for annotations.In the second poem (we might almost say “chapter”) we Daughters of dukes, prime ministers, and earls, / In bonnets, berthas, bustles, buttoned basques …The word “bonnets”, at the start of a list of terms, suggests this might be a list of items of clothing worn by these daughters – “Someone was giving a ball in Belgrave Square”. We may also assume that the special meaning of “ball” is familiar to all readers. But where is Belgrave Square, and does it convey any special meanings we ought to know?And just what are “berthas, bustles” and “buttoned basques”? Clothing?Without some background knowledge, the alternative is that we read these lines and come to the poorly informed conclusion that some daughters of high-ranking people went somewhere to a dance, wearing special clothes.It would be interesting, at least, if not absolutely essential, to know the formal meanings of “duke” and “earl”, and the difference between the two words.Without annotations, reading The White Cliffs is an impoverished experience unless the reader is constantly researching reference books or consulting the internet, sometimes line by line, or even word by word.Finally, Alice Duer Miller, an interesting personality, and a prolific and popular author, dramatist, poet, and screenwriter, ought to be much more widely known and celebrated!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with "The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller: Annotated by John Gough. To get started finding "The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller: Annotated by John Gough, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: In 2018, I watched, not for the first time, but many years after I first saw it (if, in fact I had ever seen it before) the Hollywood film of 1944 – released in June 0f 1944! based on the narrative of Alice Duer Miller’s verse novel, The White Cliffs. I had been aware of the film, and the book, for many years. My mother-in-law owned a copy of the book (probably bought during World War II when the book was a best-seller), and I read it around 1972. At that time, for me, at least, the book’s many references and allusions were all vivid. However, now, re-reading the book, as a result of recently watching the film, I realise that – nearly EIGHTY years after the book was originally published! – many interesting and important details may be lost on younger readers – and, as I have explored the poems, again, I realise many of Miller’s references were initially lost on me!For example, in the very first quatrain, it helps if we know WHAT the “White Cliffs” are, and WHERE they are, and also WHY the narrator refers to “the sea that once made her [England] secure”? Brief lessons in geology, geography and history will certainly help us read these first four lines with comprehension and informed appreciation. In short, this is a book that needs, and deserves careful annotations, so that the story it tells – of the American woman, Susan Dunne, and the English man, John can be appreciated within its own era, as well as by modern readers in the Twenty-first century.Let me offer two more indicative examples to show the case for annotations.In the second poem (we might almost say “chapter”) we Daughters of dukes, prime ministers, and earls, / In bonnets, berthas, bustles, buttoned basques …The word “bonnets”, at the start of a list of terms, suggests this might be a list of items of clothing worn by these daughters – “Someone was giving a ball in Belgrave Square”. We may also assume that the special meaning of “ball” is familiar to all readers. But where is Belgrave Square, and does it convey any special meanings we ought to know?And just what are “berthas, bustles” and “buttoned basques”? Clothing?Without some background knowledge, the alternative is that we read these lines and come to the poorly informed conclusion that some daughters of high-ranking people went somewhere to a dance, wearing special clothes.It would be interesting, at least, if not absolutely essential, to know the formal meanings of “duke” and “earl”, and the difference between the two words.Without annotations, reading The White Cliffs is an impoverished experience unless the reader is constantly researching reference books or consulting the internet, sometimes line by line, or even word by word.Finally, Alice Duer Miller, an interesting personality, and a prolific and popular author, dramatist, poet, and screenwriter, ought to be much more widely known and celebrated!We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with "The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller: Annotated by John Gough. To get started finding "The White Cliffs" by Alice Duer Miller: Annotated by John Gough, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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