Elizabeth Barrett Browning: Much-Loved Poems from One of the Greatest Romantic Poets - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:George Weidenfeld & NicholsonISBN-13:9781399614085ISBN-10:1399614088UPC:9781399614085Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Women Authors, European, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Death, Grief, LossSize:7.72 x 5.04 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.1698Product ID:SC3J5J3ZT5
'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways'
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was a poet of passion, wit and conscience. She was also a woman who wrote to speak the truth about everything she knew - and she knew just what it was like to be a thinking woman in a society that wanted women to be weak. The eldest of twelve children, she wrote poetry from the age of eleven, and became a highly successful poet in her lifetime - and remains very much loved today. She was also a strong advocate for human rights, campaigning to abolish slavery and child labour, and her three-part poem A Curse for a Nation is a powerful polemic against the slave trade. 'I heard an angel speak last night, and he said "write! Write a nation's curse for me, and send it over the western sea" 'Languages:EnglishPublisher:George Weidenfeld & NicholsonISBN-13:9781399614085ISBN-10:1399614088UPC:9781399614085Book Category:PoetryBook Subcategory:Women Authors, European, Subjects & ThemesBook Topic:English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, Death, Grief, LossSize:7.72 x 5.04 x 0.47 inchesWeight:0.1698Product ID:SC3J5J3ZT5
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born in 1806 and wrote poetry from a very young age. A successful poet in her own lifetime, she was also an ardent campaigner to abolish slavery and child labour. A highly prolific author, she was a strong candidate for poet laureate, an honour which was ultimately given to Tennyson. Barrett Browning suffered ill-health for much of her life, and died in 1861 but her poetry has lived on and is highly regarded around the world.
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