Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s, and greater recognition of women writers in English. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from the age of eleven. Her mother's collection of her poems forms one of the largest extant collections of juvenilia by any English writer. At 15, she became ill, suffering intense head and spinal pain for the rest of her life. Later in life, she also developed lung problems, possibly tuberculosis. She took laudanum for the pain from an early age, which is likely to have contributed to her frail health.In the 1840s, Elizabeth was introduced to literary society through her distant cousin and patron John Kenyon. Her first adult collection of poems was published in 1838, and she wrote prolifically from 1841 to 1844, producing poetry, translation, and prose. She campaigned for the abolition of slavery, and her work helped influence reform in child labour legislation. Her prolific output made her a rival to Tennyson as a candidate for poet laureate on the death of Wordsworth. Elizabeth's volume ''Poems'' (1844) brought her great success, attracting the admiration of the writer Robert Browning. Their correspondence, courtship, and marriage were carried out in secret, for fear of her father's disapproval. Following the wedding, she was indeed disinherited by her father. In 1846, the couple moved to Italy, where she lived for the rest of her life. Elizabeth died in Florence in 1861. A collection of her later poems was published by her husband shortly after her death.
They had a son, known as "Pen" (Robert Barrett, 1849–1912). Pen devoted himself to painting until his eyesight began to fail later in life. He also built a large collection of manuscripts and memorabilia of his parents, but because he died intestate, it was sold by public auction to various bidders and then scattered upon his death. The Armstrong Browning Library has recovered some of his collection, and it now houses the world's largest collection of Browning memorabilia. Elizabeth's work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. She is remembered for such poems as "How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43, 1845) and ''Aurora Leigh ''(1856). Provided by Wikipedia
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My letters! All dead paper. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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How do I love thee? Let me count the ways. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Invisible friends; the correspondence of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett and Benjamin Robert Haydon, 1842-1845. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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The complete works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Sonnets from the Portuguese. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Letters to Mrs. David Ogilvy, 1849-1861, by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Elizabeth Barrett to Mr. Boyd; unpublished letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Hugh Stuart Boyd. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Diary by E. B. B.; the unpublished diary of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, 1831-1832. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Aurora Leigh : a poem : from the last London edition, corrected by the author / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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The letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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A variorum edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Sonnets from the Portuguese / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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The letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Mary Russell Mitford, 1836-1854 / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning's poetical works. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning : selected poems / by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Twenty-two unpublished letters of Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning addressed to Henrietta and Arabella Moulton-Barrett. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Sonnets from the Portuguese, and other love poems. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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The poetical works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning : complete in one volume : corrected by the last London edition. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Elizabeth Barrett to Miss Mitford; the unpublished letters of Elizabeth Barrett Barrett to Mary Russell Mitford. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Letters of the Brownings to George Barrett. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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Essays on the Greek Christian poets and the English poets. by Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
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