Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare: 'This Is Living Art'

by Josie Billington

Book Overview

For most of the twentieth century the exuberantfluency of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's art was not regarded as worthy ofserious attention. Even the evidence for the swiftness of her wit, thought andcomposition remains more impressionistic and anecdotal than firmly proven.Through close attention to original manuscript material, Josie Billingtonargues that Barrett Browning's fast, fine and excitedly vigorous and agileimaginative intelligence is Shakespearean,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1472510968
• ISBN13: 9781472510969
• Release Date: July 2013
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.1" x 9.2"