Desire and renunciation, the letters of Dorothy Osborne

grantor: University of TorontoDorothy Osborne's lively and accomplished letters to her husband William Temple (1652-54) have long been treasured for their literary qualities, and for their defense of companionate marriage. They are an important source for the history of the family, and of women's lives in the early modern period. My dissertation focuses on factors which discourage Osborne from seeking union with Temple: her oscillation between desire and renunciation. Although the prolonged Osborne-Temple courtship ended in marriage, Osborne betrays anxiety about love unions in general. My first chapter describes the Victorian-Edwardian portrayal of Osborne as a renunciatory heroine. My second chapter evaluates the letters as a literary document--a narrative formed out of separate components. After these opening chapters, I consider factors which discouraged Osborne from pursuing marital union with Temple. One powerful obstacle is triangular structures which complicate the Osborne-Temple romance. I also consider the powerful effect of constant surveillance on the Osborne-Temple courtship and, in the chapter immediately following, Osborne's articulation of her dream to be alone with Temple on an isolated island. This fantasy is a response to the extreme surveillance she experienced, as well as a vivid engagement with utopian thought of the time. Critics have argued that Osborne's reading of voluminous French romances, by authors such as Madeleine de Scudéry, helped Osborne in her courtship with Temple. I argue that these romances were, in fact, a force to discourage Osborne from romantic attachment; most of the characters she fixes on were thwarted in love. My next chapter considers melancholy as a disease both the lovers share; illness functions both as a force to bind the couple together in an ethic of mutual care, and one which threatens their bond. My final chapter is a brief evaluation of the forces of desire and renunciation in Osborne's letters, focusing on her decision to marry Temple despite her misgivings.Ph.D

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