Poetical Works Of Elizabeth Barrett Browning Classic Reprint

Author : Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9781334947346
Total Pages : 568 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Complete Poetical Works of Mrs. Browning (Classic Reprint) written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-09 with total page 568 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Complete Poetical Works of Mrs. Browning In 1844 appeared the two volumes of Poems which have formed the basis of all the later editions of Mrs. Browning's miscellaneous works. They were dedicated, in an eloquent preface, to her father, who had been, as she said, both public and critic to her immature attempts; and beginning with the Drama of Exile, ' they included, beside most of the pieces which had appeared in the small volume of 1838, several more of those by which she will be best and longest remembered, such as 'the Dead Pan, ' 'the Vision of Poets, ' Cowper's Grave, ' and that wildly romantic ballad of contemo porary manners, Lady Geraldine's Courtship, ' which brought Robert Browning to her feet. It was John Kenyon, a kinsman, as has been said, of the Barrett family, and also the son of a schoolmate of Robert Browning's father, who encouraged the brilliant young author of Paracelsus, ' Sordello, ' Pippa Passes, ' the Cavalier Lyrics, ' and A Blot in the 'scutcheon, ' to write to the invalid lady (six years his senior), and tell her how much he had admired 'lady Geraldine's Courtship, ' and other pieces in the Poems of 1844. Nothing could have been more unworldly and unconventional than the opening, upon either side, of this famous correspondence which, after having been kept in a small cabinet by itself for fifty years, and treasured as a most precious and sacred family posses sion, was given to the world in 1899. I love your verses with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett, ' wrote Robert Browning in his first letter, 'the fresh, strange music, the affluent language, the exquisite pathos, and true, new, brave thought; but in thus ad dressing myself to you, your own self and for the first time, my feeling rises altogether. I do, as I say, love these books with all my heart, and I love you too.' This letter is dated January 10, 1845, and on the next day Miss Barrett replied. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.