The classic collection of elizabeth barrett browning. poems. non-fiction. letters. illustrated

Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Her first collection of poems, An Essay on Mind, with Other Poems, was published in 1826 and reflected her passion for Byron and Greek politics. Its publication drew the attention of a blind scholar of the Greek language, Hugh Stuart Boyd, and of another Greek scholar, Uvedale Price, with whom she maintained sustained correspondence. Among other neighbours was Mrs James Martin from Colwall, with whom she also corresponded throughout her life. Later, at Boyd's suggestion, she translated Aeschylus' Prometheus Bound (published in 1833; retranslated in 1850). During their friendship Barrett studied Greek literature, including Homer, Pindar and Aristophanes. CONTENTS: The Poetry Collections THE BATTLE OF MARATHON A ESSAY ON MIND, WITH OTHER POEMS PROMETHEUS BOUND POEMS, 1838-50 SONNETS FROM THE PORTUGUESE SONNETS CASA GUIDI WINDOWS AURORA LEIGH POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS LAST POEMS The Non-Fiction SOME ACCOUNT OF THE GREEK CHRISTIAN POETS THE BOOK OF THE POETS REVIEW OF 'POEMS, CHIEFLY OF EARLY AND LATE YEARS, INCLUDING THE BORDERERS, A TRAGEDY BY WILLIAM WORDSWORTH' REVIEWS OF CORNELIUS MATHEWS' POETRY REVIEW OF 'ORION: AN EPIC POEM by R. H. Horne' The Letters THE LETTERS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING