Elizabeth Barrett Browning was born March
6, 1806 in Durham England. Elizabeth was born into a well off family where she
was able to enjoy a more privileged childhood. She had both a mother and a
father influence in her life; however, her mother died when Elizabeth was
twenty-two years old. Different critics and scholars claim that Elizabeth
translated her mother’s death through her writhing of Aurora Leigh. Due to her fortunate upbringing Elizabeth became a
very well read child a teenager through Shakespeare, Greek and Latin authors,
and different religious literatures. Her wonderful insight, especially for a
woman at this time, allowed Elizabeth to get an idea of what kind of author she
would want to become.
Elizabeth had different health problems and faced a time
after her brother’s death where she spent five years in her bedroom allowing
almost no visitors. In 1844 some of Elizabeth’s most famous poems inspired the
author Robert Browning to write Elizabeth. He raved about how much he loved her
poems and the inspiration that she created on him. Robert came to visit
Elizabeth which then started one of the most famous loves in literature. In
August of 1846 the two were married and their love inspired further writing of
both of the authors.
Elizabeth’s poetry took off and was becoming such a
success. Her challenges that she faced through social inequalities made a vital
influence on some of the famous poetry shared by Elizabeth. Some of these
famous poems include Casa Guidi Windows
and Poems Before Congress. These
poems play a part in a liberal view regarding the fight for Italian independence
and the fights that Italians faced from the Austrian government. Elizabeth
Browning was very famous for her voice in her poetry. Aurora Leigh, as mentioned before, deals very much with of the
social parts of unfairness that she herself faced making it one of her most
famous pieces of writing. Her own personality shining through in Elizabeth’s
poems made the writings so much stronger.
Works Cited
Everett, Glenn. The Victorian Web. 6 April 2002.
Web. 23 August 2013.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Biography. June 2004. Web. 23 August 2013.
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