The Courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780198117285)

In 1846 Elizabeth Barrett rose from an invalid's bed to elope to Italy with Robert Browning. The secret courtship of the two poets--their long correspondence and their meetings in the shadow of Elizabeth's tyrannical father--has become one of the most celebrated romances of literary history. Based on a more intense study of the letters than has ever been attempted before, this book gives a fresh account of the powerful myth of Browning's chivalrous rescue and Barrett's miraculous recovery, examines anew the character and motivation of the three principals, and demonstrates what and important part the letters play in the interpretation of both poet's work.

Author: Daniel Karlin
ISBN-10: 0198117280
ISBN-13: 9780198117285
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Language: English
Published: 10/24/1985
Pages: 294
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.26lbs
Size: 8.70h x 5.80w x 1.08d