header image

Sonnets from the Portuguese
Author: Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Date Of Publication: Dec 2008
Isbn13: 978-1-4438-0061-7
Isbn: 1-4438-0061-9
Sonnets from the Portuguese is considered one of the author's greatest works, a female appropriation of the previously male form of the sonnet cycle.


Elizabeth Barrett (later Barrett Browning) was born at Coxhoe Hall, near Durham, in 1806, and spent most of her childhood and youth at the estate of Hope End, near Malvern. She was an enthusiastic scholar, sharing her brothers' Latin and Greek lessons as well as starting to write poetry at an early age. Her first volume, The Battle of Marathon, was published privately in 1820. An economically forced move to London in 1832 brought her into literary circles, but in 1838 she began to suffer from lung disease which made her an invalid for the following few years. This was nonetheless a poetically productive period and one which won her critical recognition starting from 1838's The Seraphim and Other Poems, as well as attracting the notice, correspondence and love of Robert Browning. They were married secretly, anticipating opposition from Elizabeth's father, in September 1846 and settled in Florence, where a son was born in 1849. In 1856 Aurora Leigh, a verse-novel, secured Barrett Browning's reputation as the foremost English woman poet. A volume of political poetry in 1860 was poorly received, however, and she fell ill and died, shortly after the death of her sister, in 1861.



Price Uk Gbp: 5.99
Price Us Usd: 8.99

Sample pdf (including Table of Contents)

We recommend

Literary Classics
The Complete Works of Robert Louis Stevenson in 35 volumes

Linguistics
Perspectives on Discourse Analysis: Theory and Practice

History
The Venice Charter Revisited: Modernism, Conservation and Tradition in the 21st Century

Last Updated ( Oct 14, 2009 at 03:52 PM )
Read more...
Interesting reviews

Sabina de Cavi’s Architecture and Royal Presence: Domenico and Giulio Cesare Fontana in Spanish Naples (1592-1627) is an exemplary interdisciplinary study of the relationship between politics and art history. No finer or more vivid investigation exists of the role of the Spanish viceroyalty in Neapolitan architecture during its formative years.   It offers an unparalleled examination of the viceregal claims to legitimacy, casts brilliant light on the relationship between architecture, etiquette and ceremonial, and makes clear the critical role played in these developments by the remarkable architecture of Domenico and Giulio Cesare Fontana.

David Freedberg, Pierre Matisse Professor of the History of Art, Columbia University

 

Last Updated ( Jun 23, 2009 at 11:00 AM )
Read more...
More...
Help us serve you better
What is your preferred format for academic books?
  
Proposals

We accept proposals in all the areas in which we publish. Please look at the subjects we cover by clicking on Titles on the left menu. You may also wish to look at the Series we have.

Booksellers

If you are a bookseller who has not ordered from us before, please remember to request your discount, or ask us for a discount schedule. If you are interested in particular subjects, you may find our subject spreadsheet downloads useful. Go to the Titles menu on your left, then click on By Subject.

Finding a title

In order to find a particular title, please use the Search Titles link on the left menu. The searchbox on the top right is to search for pages on this site excluding titles.

Reporting Errors

There are over 10,000 links on this site, and while we try to maintain it as well as we can, we appreciate any reports of broken links, viewing problems or other issues. Please write to us at admin@c-s-p.org