The Many Ways of Love Elizabeth Barrett Browning was one of the most notorious poets of the Victorian Era; the Victorian Era formally began in 1837 (the year Victoria became Queen)‚ and ended in 1901 (the year of Victoria’s death) (“The Victorian Period” Par. 1). In fact‚ Browning influenced future poets such as Emily Dickinson‚ who was a famous American poet. Browning’s literature was very popular in both England and the United States. Through her literature‚ Browning expressed her undefined
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6th 1806 - june 29th 1861) also known as Elizabeth Barrett Moulton-Barrett was one of the most distinguished and influential English writers of the Victorian era‚ popular in the United States and Britain throughout her lifetime. The eldest of twelve children‚ being born to wealthy plantation owner Edward Moulton-Barrett (1785-1857) and his wife Mary née Graham (1781-1828) gave mrs.Browning a privileged childhood allowing her to experience the highest education a
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highlight the changing values of dreams and desires? The concept of dreams and desires are a constantly changing ideal experienced in human nature‚ and this concept is explored through Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s anthology of poems “Sonnets of the Portuguese” and Francis Scott Fitzgerald’s satirical novel “The Great Gatsby.” Correlative thematic concerns arise between the Victorian era and the Jazz Age in relation to dreams and desires and furthermore to the nature of love and perceptions are undertaken
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Sonnet 13 by Elizabeth Barrett Browning says that the beloved wants the speaker to tell him of her love for him‚ but she is hesitant because she is afraid that she cannot appropriately relay her sentiments. The speaker first compares herself attempting to express her love for her beloved as holding “a torch out‚ while the winds are rough” because she believes that there is risk in conveying her emotions. She then states that she drops the torch “at thy feet” because although her beloved wishes for
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ENGLISH – TEXTS IN TIME COURTNEY MILLS HOW DOES THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE TEXTS ARE SET SHAPE THE VALUES WHICH ARE EXPLORED WITHIN THEM The context of both the Great Gatsby (GG) and Elizabeth Barrett-Browning’s (EBB) sonnets has shaped many of the attitudes and values explored throughout the texts. Both texts take into account the social contexts of the time and the personal context of each author. An author’s personal context can shape many of the values displayed throughout
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CENTRAL UNIVERSITY OF HIMACHAL PRADESH [Established under the Central Universities Act 2009] PO Box: 21‚ Dharamshala‚ District Kangra - 176215 (HP) www.cuhimachal.ac.in Course Instructor: Dr KBS Krishna Course Code: EEL 502 Course Name: Victorianism Credits Equivalent: 04 Credits (One credit is equivalent to 10 hours of lectures / organised classroom activity / contact hours; 5 hours of laboratory work / practical / field work / Tutorial / teacher-led activity and 15 hours of other workload
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the Victorian Context Traditional social structure • Different social classes can be (and were by the classes themselves) distinguished by inequalities in such areas as power‚ authority‚ wealth‚ working and living conditions‚ life-styles‚ life-span‚ education‚ religion‚ and culture. Working class – physical labour • Poor living and work conditions • Did not follow rules of courtships • Did not participate in social entertainment • Had very little chance for
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by poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning‚ readers learn that she wants Napoleon III to pardon a French writer (Victor Hugo) after he constructed writings that deemed critical of the French Government. To express her argument to Napoleon‚ she used anecdotes‚ juxtaposition‚ and tone to try and change the ruler’s mind. First of all‚ Browning gives a simple anecdote between lines 12 and 27 to show her opinions on the matter. She says “not for myself… reading with wet eyes and swelling heart… great poet of
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning presents ideas of exploitation and liberty in her poetry. Before this paper proceeds in examining how she achieves this goal‚ the terms “exploitation” and “liberty” will first be discerned. This paper will use Tilly’s (2000) definition of exploitation which “occurs when persons who control a resource a) enlist the effort of others in production of value by means of that resource‚ but b) exclude the others from the full value added by their effort." For the term “liberty”
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at Gatsby and Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets explore the role of human aspirations and the quest to establish or maintain an identity against vastly different social contexts and in markedly different literary forms. While The Great Gatsby (TGG) develops an ironic‚ shifting but ultimately pessimistic if not cynical viewpoint on the nature of human aspirations and our likelihood of maintaining an individual identity against the range of social pressures‚ Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Sonnets
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