Elizabeth Barrett Browning
At a glance:
- Series: Dictionary of World Biography: The 19th Century
- Categories: Women’s Issues, Literature, Publishing
- Subcategories: Authors, Writers, Poetry, Poets
- Curriculum: Women’s History, 19th Century European History, British History
Article abstract: Browning was the most respected woman poet of the Victorian age. Her work is known for its formal iconoclasm, impetuosity of tone, and political content.
Early Life
Elizabeth Barrett was the eldest of the eleven children of Edward Moulton Barrett and Mary Graham Clarke. She grew up at Hope End, a large country house in Herefordshire. Both parents, but especially her father, encouraged her to read widely; unlike most privileged girls of her time, she was allowed free use of her father’s library and shared her brothers’ classical...
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