Robert Browning's Biography

                Robert Browning was born May 7, 1812 in Camberwell, an area that is just outside of London. His was the first son to Robert and Sara Browning which were two individuals that lived a modest lifestyle, but were very encouraging in aspects regarding education. Robert browning was a very well read child and became fluent in languages including French, Latin, Greek, and Italian due to such advance readings. The first year that the University of London opened Robert attended; however, he left shortly after to pursue his intellect at his own set pace and desire.

                Browning was a writer that always followed his own style of writing and relied on his interests to inspire his type of writing. Due to his creativeness it was sometime difficult for audiences to follow his works; therefore, Browning found his writing many times criticized and misunderstood.  Many times Browning found this criticism when writing for stage dramas. However, through his trials Browning found he had a talent for taking a specific character out of the drama and feeding off just there personal thoughts. This technique was something that Browning enjoyed and worked on mastering because of the personal level that became created between the character and the audience. These works are also known as soliloquies. Browning’s works that created much attention were Paracelsus in 1835 and Sordello in 1840. There was some debate that Browning was doing too much and these ideas were too complex and long. However, Browning still worked to perfect his writings because he enjoyed the idea of mastering the inner thoughts of his characters to then be portrayed honestly and openly to an audience.

Robert Browning became infatuated with Elizabeth Barrett in 1845. He loved her writing, and after meeting with her and spending time with one another he began to love her. They were married in 1846 and lived in Italy until the death of Elizabeth in 1861. Elizabeth may have been more successful in her lifetime than Robert, but He never stopped his writings and researching and became well known for Collected Poems, Dramatis Personae, and The Rind and the Book after Elizabeth’s death.

Works Cited

Everett, Glenn. The Victorian Web. 7 May 2007. Web. 25 August 2012.