Elizabeth Barrett Browning collection of papers

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Description: This is a synthetic collection that consists of manuscripts, a typescript, correspondence from, to, and about the author, diaries, notebooks, financial and legal documents, portraits, and pictorial works.
Names: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861 (Author)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1764 - 1973
Library locations: Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature; Shelf locator: *Z-10338 [Microfilm]
Topics: Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861
Genres: Correspondence; Manuscripts; Diaries; Notebooks; Documents; Drawings
Notes: Biographical/historical: Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet and translator. Born on March 6, 1806, Barrett Browning became proficient in Greek, Latin, French, and other European languages. At the age of eleven she wrote a verse "epic" in four books of rhyming couplets, "The Battle of Marathon," which was privately printed in 1820 at her father's expense. She went on to write such works as "An essay on mind," "Sonnets from the Portuguese," and "Aurora Leigh." In September of 1846, she secretly married the poet Robert Browning, and they moved to Italy, eventually settling in Florence, where she remained until her death in 1861.
Physical Description: Microforms; Extent: 609 items
Type of Resource: Text
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b15859245; MSS Unit ID: 19158; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8e106df0-c608-012f-8934-58d385a7bc34

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