Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Simon Avery author Rebecca Stott author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:Taylor & Francis Ltd

Published:17th Feb '03

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This volume will provide students with an introduction to the poetry and life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, one of the most popular poets of her day in Britain and America and who has become one of the great icons of Victorianism for the modern age. The authors present a biographical survey, study of her poetry, its critical reception and an assessment of her influence on later poets.

This book also examines the complex 'myths' which are associated with Elizabeth Barrett Browning and offers re-readings of her life and work, particularly in dispelling the myth of the ailing invalid poet-recluse and instead showing her to be one of the great intellectuals of her day, immersed in European history and politics from a very early age. The book situates Browning within broader historical,political and cultural contexts than have yet been examined enabling a better understanding of her poetry and paints the portrait of a fine and innovative poet, an intellectual and an astute political thinker.

'...well argued biographical study'

Contemporary Review Volume 285 August 2004

ISBN: 9780582404700

Dimensions: unknown

Weight: 453g

264 pages