Sonnets from the Portuguese and Other Love Poems - Couverture rigide

Browning, Elizabeth Barrett

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0385416180 ISBN 13 : 9780385416184

Editeur : Doubleday, 1991

Synopsis

Book by Browning Elizabeth Barrett

A propos du livre

Biographie de l'auteur :

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806–1861) was one of the most prominent poets of the Victorian era. Her poetry was widely popular in both England and the United States during her lifetime. A collection of her last poems was published by her husband, Robert Browning, shortly after her death. "Portuguese" was a pet name her husband used. Sonnets from the Portuguese also refers to the series of sonnets of the 16th-century Portuguese poet Luís de Camões; in all these poems she used rhyme schemes typical of the Portuguese sonnets. The verse-novel Aurora Leigh, her most ambitious and perhaps the most popular of her longer poems, appeared in 1856. It is the story of a woman writer making her way in life, balancing work and love. The writings depicted in this novel are based on similar, personal experiences that Elizabeth suffered through herself. The North American Review praised Elizabeth’s poem in these words: “Mrs. Browning’s poems are, in all respects, the utterance of a woman—of a woman of great learning, rich experience, and powerful genius, uniting to her woman’s nature the strength which is sometimes thought peculiar to a man.”

Présentation de l'éditeur :

First published in 1850 and considered some of the finest love lyrics in the English language, Sonnets from the Portuguese comprise 44 interlocking poems that Elizabeth Barrett Browning composed for her husband, Robert Browning.  This wonderful illustrated edition includes 22 additional works as well.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Doubleday
• Date d'édition: 1991
• ISBN 10: 0385416180
• ISBN 13: 9780385416184
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 103