Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning: Interviews and Recollections FROM THE PUBLISHER
This book gathers accounts of the two poets from her precocious childhood to his death in Venice. Comments from contemporaries (including Nathaniel and Sophia Hawthorne, Tennyson, and Henry James) and from the poets themselves give a range of perspective on their politics, relationships, religious beliefs, ambitions and working habits, and personal appearance. Persistent images—Barrett Browning the frail recluse or Browning the loud and trivial talker who has no apparent connection with Browning the poet—can be seen both establishing themselves and being qualified, rejected or complicated.
Author Biography: Martin Garrett has taught at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge and on American study abroad programs.
FROM THE CRITICS
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The author of collates accounts of the 19th century British poets individually and as a married couple by themselves and by contemporaries such as the Nathaniel Hawthornes, Carlyle, Tennyson, and Henry James. To paraphrase "How Do I Love Thee, Let Me Count the Ways," how do I picture thee, let me count the ways: Some recollections support familiar images of the poets, while others belie them. Elizabeth provides "Glimpses into my own literary character," and Robert shares a letter that begins "I cannot remember the time when I did not make verses...." Includes a chronology from Elizabeth Barrett's birth in 1806 to Robert Browning's death in 1889. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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