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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.
Aug 28, 2024 · Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet whose reputation rests chiefly upon her love poems, ‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ and ‘Aurora Leigh,’ the latter now considered an early feminist text.
Among all female poets of the English-speaking world in the 19th century, none was held in higher critical esteem or was more admired for the independence and courage of her views than Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
Oct 26, 2019 · Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61) is less famous now as a poet in her own right, and more familiar as the wife of Robert Browning, whom she courted through a series of extraordinary love letters in the 1840s.
Born on March 6, 1806, at Coxhoe Hall, Durham, England, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Romantic Movement. The oldest of twelve children, Elizabeth was the first in her family born in England in over two hundred years.
Aug 30, 2019 · Elizabeth Barret Browning (1806-1861), English poet and wife of Robert Browning. Head and shoulders daguerreotype, ca. 1848. Elizabeth Barrett Browning may be the perfect example of the transient power of fame.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (E.B.B.) was one of the most celebrated poets of her age, a candidate for poet laureate after the death of William Wordsworth. She was born near Durham, the oldest of the eleven children, and was educated at home, near Ledbury.
