The Lives And Works Of Elizabeth Barrett And Robert Browning

Want to read the rest of this paper? Join Essayworld today to view this entire essay and over 50,000 other term papers

to prepare himself to soon be in their company. Byron was the first influence and inspiration to Browning’s first boyish attempts as a poet. Later after coming upon a copy of Shelly’s Queen Mab he fell under the fascination of this new poet. It was then that he started his formal career in poetry. In the 1930’s he met the actor William Macready and tried to write verse drama for stage. Macready regarded him as, “more like a youthful poet that any man I ever saw.” (Lovett, ix) At that time he discovered what his real talent was. Taking a single character and allowing him to discover himself by revealing more of himself in his speeches than he suspects. These became the well know characteristics of a dramatic monologue. Also well known to the readers of Browning are his complicated and difficult to understand references and allusions. These stem from the extreme amount of education he received from private tutors and at home.
Browning dedicated his life exclusively to ...

Get instant access to over 50,000 essays. Write better papers. Get better grades. Already a member? Login

and eight sons. Elizabeth was the first in 1806. Mr. Barrett fixed his attention on Elizabeth and the eldest son Edward. Edward and Elizabeth were the closest playmates and were tutored together during childhood.
Elizabeth was an avid reader of books. Through this reading she began to realize how much of life she was not living being in her fathers’ house all her life. At age twenty-seven she was experiencing curiosity about love and marriage with the hopes of one day finding it.
Then after receiving news that her brother Samuel had died of yellow fever, they learned that her brother Edward also died when his ship capsized. She was heart broken. Elizabeth felt she had caused his ...

Succeed in your coursework without stepping into a library. Get access to a growing library of notes, book reports, and research papers in 2 minutes or less.

CITE THIS PAGE: