Rated by her contemporaries among the leading poets--male or female--writing in English, Elizabeth Barrett Browning remained prominent in Great Britain, the United States, and parts of Europe from the 1840s throughout most of the nineteenth century....

Among all women poets of the Englishspeaking world in the nineteenth century, none was held in higher critical esteem or was more admired for the independence and courage of her views than Elizabeth Barrett Browning. During the years of her marriage to...

Among all women poets of the English-speaking world in the nineteenth century, none was held in higher critical esteem or was more admired for the independence and courage of her views than Elizabeth Barrett Browning. During the years of her marriage...

The works of the English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) enjoyed great popularity during her lifetime. Her most enduring poetry has proved to be Sonnets from the Portuguese. Elizabeth Barrett was born on March 6, 1806, near Durham. She was...