inapprehensive

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inapprehensive

(ˌɪnæprɪˈhɛnsɪv)

adj

1. not perceiving or feeling fear or anxiety; untroubled

2. rare unable to understand; imperceptive

ˌinappreˈhensively adv

ˌinappreˈhensiveness n

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in•ap•pre•hen•sive

(ˌɪn æp rɪˈhɛn sɪv)

adj.

1. not apprehensive (often fol. by of).

2. without apprehension.

[1645–55]

in`ap•pre•hen′sive•ly, adv.

in`ap•pre•hen′sive•ness, n.

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For instance, he interprets the so far baffling mention of Vernon Lee at the end of "Inapprehensiveness" as a reference to her volume of dialogues Baldwin, which he also suggests as a source for "Arcades Ambo." Other new discoveries include a poem by John Kenyon that is a precedent for the playful enactment of the Trojan War in "Development," and Browning's friendship with the painter Sir Coutts Lindsay and his wife as a context for "The Lady and the Painter." The two most notable sources are Renaissance texts that informed Browning's preoccupation with love, Pietro Bembo's Neoplatonic dialogues Gli Asolani and an intriguing illustrated copy of Francesco Colonna's dream narrative Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, a gift from D.

The new journal continues to publish research articles on both Brownings, alongside reviews and short notes, which in this first issue include Ashby Bland Crowder's re-interpretation of the speakers in "Inapprehensiveness," Francis O'Gorman's examination of a possible source for "Meeting at Night" and "Parting at Morning" in paired poems by Goethe, and Joseph Phelan's consideration of an unattributed poetic quotation in a Browning letter.