Robert • Elizabeth and Robert- The relationship began with Brow
•
Browning
Much of his education came from him educated
admiring her poetry
• Elizabeth was cautious when it came to love- from her
father strangely heartless affection, feeling at fault for her bro
death – she felt Browning couldn’t accept he broken, s
• Browning was in awe of Shelley’s poetry by the age of spirit
13, declared himself a vegetarian and atheist in
emulation of the poet • Browning urged his love in his Sonnets- he loved her fo
all, just because he loved her. Browning encouraged he
• Married Elizabeth Barrett in 1846, who was a poet and overcame her mistrust
herself, and inspired Browning collection of poems of
Men and Women (1855) • Victorian Society: Browning’s Readers- was undergoin
Revolution- which a lot of Browning’s poems comment
• Browning often known as ‘Elizabeth Barrett’s
husband’ • With so many people living so densely, poverty violenc
became daily life- people felt fewer restrictions on beh
• Religious views- though he was atheist, his poetry
suggests a religious ambiguity. His mother was very • People could act in total anonymity- no fear of judgem
religious, and Browning knew the Bible well, and a faced in smaller, rural communities previously
Christian love is often suggested in his poetry • Absence of community and family ties- new-found inde
however he often denied being Christian. and loss of social safety net – sense of freedom for som
• His poems often explored the problem of faith and insecurity for others
the nature of man’s religious aspirations. With the • Growth in newspapers- writers felt in order to provoke
dramatic monologue he could play different roles reaction they had to compete with turmoils/excitemen
without exposing his own beliefs everyday urban life (violence, sex- symbol of urban life
•
Browning
Much of his education came from him educated
admiring her poetry
• Elizabeth was cautious when it came to love- from her
father strangely heartless affection, feeling at fault for her bro
death – she felt Browning couldn’t accept he broken, s
• Browning was in awe of Shelley’s poetry by the age of spirit
13, declared himself a vegetarian and atheist in
emulation of the poet • Browning urged his love in his Sonnets- he loved her fo
all, just because he loved her. Browning encouraged he
• Married Elizabeth Barrett in 1846, who was a poet and overcame her mistrust
herself, and inspired Browning collection of poems of
Men and Women (1855) • Victorian Society: Browning’s Readers- was undergoin
Revolution- which a lot of Browning’s poems comment
• Browning often known as ‘Elizabeth Barrett’s
husband’ • With so many people living so densely, poverty violenc
became daily life- people felt fewer restrictions on beh
• Religious views- though he was atheist, his poetry
suggests a religious ambiguity. His mother was very • People could act in total anonymity- no fear of judgem
religious, and Browning knew the Bible well, and a faced in smaller, rural communities previously
Christian love is often suggested in his poetry • Absence of community and family ties- new-found inde
however he often denied being Christian. and loss of social safety net – sense of freedom for som
• His poems often explored the problem of faith and insecurity for others
the nature of man’s religious aspirations. With the • Growth in newspapers- writers felt in order to provoke
dramatic monologue he could play different roles reaction they had to compete with turmoils/excitemen
without exposing his own beliefs everyday urban life (violence, sex- symbol of urban life
