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The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among the most famous in literary history: intimate and sensitive, they illuminate both the writers' lives and their creative aims and methods.Daniel Karlin's selection, which complements his widely acclaimed The Courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett, is based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts and allows the reader to follow the story in all its scope and richness, from the beginning of their clandestine correspondence to their elopement in 1846. ... Read more

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theres no such love like theirs
I've read other poems but no such poem like one written by a browning.The world lost one great poet ... Read more

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Essays address romantic works of this English poet (Aurora Leigh, Sonnets from the Portuguese), many inspired by her husband, Victorian poet Robert Browning. ... Read more

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The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett remain among the most famous in history.Daniel Karlin's selection, based on a fresh examination of the original manuscripts, provides new insight into the clandestine correspondence which led to their elopement in 1846.
They poured the full resources of their minds and hearts into these complex and subtle letters, as they explored each others needs, desires, passions, and anxieties. Together, the letters tell the enthralling story of how they waited many years to elope, overcoming many obstacles such as the
neurotic presence of Elizabeth Barrett's father and the intense demands they made on one another.This volume allows the reader to follow the story in all its scope and richness. ... Read more

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The writing of Elizabeth Barrett Browning won immediate acclaim upon her initial publication in the 1850s. She was praised for presenting a model of a working woman poet and her bold engagement of important social issues. Take a look at her work through criticism offering various perspectives.

This title, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, part of Chelsea House Publishers' Modern Critical Views series, examines the major works of Elizabeth Barrett Browning through full-length critical essays by expert literary critics. In addition, this title features a short biography on Elizabeth Barrett Browning, a chronology of the author's life, and an introductory essay written by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University. ... Read more