1919 COMPLETE POETICAL WORKS OF ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING IN 2 VOLUMES Whiting

Description: The Complete Poetical Works of Elizabeth Barrett BrowningIn two volumesWith an introduction combining biography and appreciation by Lilian Whiting (1919) Description: New York: Thomas Nelson and Sons, ca 1919; original suede limp-bound over stiff marble papers with bright gilt decorated spines. Each volume illustrated with one plate opposite the title page, including the frontis portrait of Browning with complete tissue guard for Volume I and a full page, titled photograph of Casa Guidi with the tissue guard torn out for Volume II. There are neatly penned gift inscriptions dated 1920 on blank endpapers of both volumes. Elizabeth's work had a major influence on prominent writers of the day, including the American poets Edgar Allan Poe and Emily Dickinson. She is remembered for such poems as "How Do I Love Thee?" (Sonnet 43, 1845) and Aurora Leigh (1856). Condition: Near Very Good with the inside remaining tight, clean and bright; wear to the covers includes edge chipping, staining and separation on both volumes of the suede to the pastedown endpapers. Provenance: From the original owner as shown in the gift inscription through her family to the current estate. Additional Information: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime. Elizabeth's volume Poems (1844) brought her great success, attracting the admiration of the writer Robert Browning. Their correspondence, courtship and marriage were carried out in secret, for fear of her father's disapproval. Following the wedding she was indeed disinherited by her father. In 1846, the couple moved to Italy, where she would live for the rest of her life. Her popularity in the United States and Britain was further advanced by her stands against social injustice, including slavery in the United States, injustice toward Italians from their foreign rulers, and child labour. Lilian Whiting (1847-1942) published a biography of Barrett Browning (1899) which describes her as "the most philosophical poet" and depicts her life as "a Gospel of applied Christianity". To Whiting, the term "art for art's sake" did not apply to Barrett Browning's work, as each poem, distinctively purposeful, was borne of a more "honest vision". In this critical analysis, Whiting portrays Barrett Browning as a poet who uses knowledge of Classical literature with an "intuitive gift of spiritual divination". Casa Guidi is a writer's house museum in the 15th-century patrician house in Piazza San Felice, 8, near the south end of the Pitti Palace in Florence, Italy. The piano nobile apartment was inhabited by Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning between 1847 and Mrs Browning's death in 1861. Their only child, Robert Barrett Browning (known as Pen) was born there in 1849. Casa Guidi was the subject of her 1851 poem "Casa Guidi Windows". Cavemodern was founded in 2005 as a home for important "modern" books and works on paper. "Cave" meant a home for both the tangible touch of beautiful objects and a cozy virtual den for armchair exploration. "Modern" starts with the art and literature that went beyond realistic depictions to expressive use of color, non-traditional materials, and new techniques and mediums. Our focus has evolved to be on important pieces by cultural innovators that take their work in new, unexpected, and modern directions.

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