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Browning imagines a love affair in a ruined ancient city, where a girl with yellow hair waits for him in a tower. He contrasts the glory and folly of the past with the simplicity and passion of the present.
Love Among the Ruins is a 1975 American made-for-television romantic comedy film directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier which premiered on ABC on March 6, 1975.
- Comedy Drama Romance
Learn about the Victorian poet's dramatic monologue that uses a destroyed city to speak on love and nature. Explore the poem's themes, structure, literary devices, and detailed analysis.
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- October 9, 1995
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In Robert Browning's "Love Among the Ruins," a lover makes his way across a grassy landscape to meet with his beloved in the ruins of an old tower. A majestic ancient city once stood on this very ground—but there's barely a trace of it now.
Love Among the Ruins, watercolour by Edward Burne-Jones, circa 1873 "Love Among the Ruins" is an 1855 poem by Robert Browning. It is the first poem in the collection Men and Women.
- Edward Burne-Jones, Notographie
- 1855
Mar 6, 1975 · A TV movie from 1975, directed by George Cukor and starring Katharine Hepburn and Laurence Olivier as an aging actress and her former lover. She is sued for breach of promise and he defends her in court, while rekindling their romance.
Love Among the Ruins. An aging actress and socialite, Jessica Medlicott (Katharine Hepburn) has ended her engagement with a younger man and is now being sued by her former fiancé.
- Romance, Comedy
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