Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Much-loved poems from one of the greatest Romantic poets
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2023
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-1-3996-1408-5 (ISBN)
Weidenfeld & Nicolson (Verlag)
978-1-3996-1408-5 (ISBN)
'How do I love thee? Let me count the ways'
A beautiful new edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most iconic poems.
'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" '
A beautiful new edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's most iconic poems.
'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" '
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.
| Erscheinungsdatum | 30.09.2023 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | The Great Poets |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 128 x 196 mm |
| Gewicht | 120 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Lyrik / Dramatik ► Lyrik / Gedichte |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-3996-1408-8 / 1399614088 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-3996-1408-5 / 9781399614085 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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