Type of bind: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 821.8
EAN num: 9780140422603
ISBN number: 0140422609
Label: Penguin Classics
Manufacturer: Penguin Classics
Quantity: 1
Page Count: 1216
Printing Date: March 06, 1990
Publishing house: Penguin Classics
Sale Popularity Level: 2389252
Studio: Penguin Classics
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Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Browning are without parallel in the nineteenth century: celebrated poets, they became equally famous for their marriage. Still popular more than a century after their deaths, their poetry vividly reflects the unique nature of their relationship.
This collection presents the Brownings' work in the context of their lives: the early years and their initial friendship, their courtship and marriage, the fifteen happy years they spent living in Italy until Elizabeth's death. Both in shorter poems such as Elizabeth's 'Hector in the Garden” and Robert's 'Natural Magic,' or in extracts from longer works such as Aurora Leigh and Pauline, the great themes they shared are all represented: love, marriage, illicit passion, England and Italy, childhood, religion, poetry, and nature.
Elizabeth's famous Sonnets from the Portuguese, based on their love affair, is included in its entirety. The poems are augmented with a generous selection of the marvellous letters the Brownings wrote to each other.
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This anthology is based on a nice idea. Instead of representing each of the Browning's separately it presents them together. Their life story and poetry are bound up with each other. And this volume shows to a degree their development together.
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