Elizabeth Barrett Browning Much-Loved Poems from One of the Greatest Romantic Poets |
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Author:
| Browning, Elizabeth Barrett |
Series title: | The Great Poets Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-1-3996-1408-5 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2023 |
Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group, Limited
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Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | AUD $22.99 |
Book Description:
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'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. ...
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'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" '