Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Benjamin Robert Haydon never met, their lively and topical conversation, initiated in 1842, continued unabated until 1845, about a year before the painter's suicide. It was a somewhat lopsided correspondence in which ninety-four letters written by Haydon, most of which have not been published before, received fewer replies from Miss Barrett, twenty-eight of which are included in this book. Judging from the contents of the letters, the epistolary friendship was truly meaningful to both. To Miss Barrett, Haydon was "my dear kind friend"; he was far...
Although Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Benjamin Robert Haydon never met, their lively and topical conversation, initiated in 1842, continued unaba...
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Margaret Reynolds Margaret Reynolds
Widely regarded as Barrett Browning s major work, "Aurora Leigh" is important both for its address to contemporary social issues, the woman question in particular, and for its bold experimentation with poetic form. Since 1979 it has held its place in the canon as the feminist poem (Ellen Moers), yet, until now, no reliable edition of the work has been available. The text of this edition is based upon meticulous examination of the extant manuscripts, corrected proofs and revision to the poem. It is accompanied by a full textual history of the poem s composition and publication, a...
Widely regarded as Barrett Browning s major work, "Aurora Leigh" is important both for its address to contemporary social issues, the woman question i...
