Elizabeth Barrett Browning / Simon Avery and Rebecca Stott.

Format:

• Book

Author/Creator:

• Avery, Simon., author.

Contributor:

• Stott, Rebecca.

Series:

• Studies In Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Literature Series
• Studies In Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century-Literature Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

• Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861--Criticism and interpretation.
• Poets, English--19th century--Biography.
• Women poets, English--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (265 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon : Routledge, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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-recl

Contents:

• Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; A Note on Names; Texts Used; Acknowledgements; Introduction: A Poet Lost and Regained; 1 Constructing the Poet Laureate of Hope End: Elizabeth Barrett''s Early Life; 2 Audacious Beginnings: Elizabeth Barrett''s Early Writings; 3 The Culture of the Soul: Elizabeth Barrett Browning''s Poetics; 4 The Voice of a Decade: Elizabeth Barrett''s Political Writings of the 1840s; 5 Genre: A Chapter on Form; 6 ''How Do I Love Thee?'': Love and Marriage
• 7 ''''Twixt Church and Palace of a Florence Street'': Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Italy8 ''Where Angels Fear to Tread'': Aurora Leigh; Chronology; Abbreviations; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

• First published 2003 by Pearson Education Ltd.
• Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed October 9, 2014).

ISBN:

• 1-138-16525-5
• 1-315-83849-4
• 1-317-87704-7

OCLC:

892046444