Two-way mirror : the life of Elizabeth Barrett Browning / Fiona Sampson.
"A nuanced, comprehensive portrait of Britain's most famous female poet, a woman who invented herself and defied her times. "How do I love thee? Let me count the ways." With these words, Elizabeth Barrett Browning has come down to us as a romantic heroine, a recluse controlled by a domineering father and often overshadowed by her husband, Robert Browning. But behind the melodrama lies a thoroughly modern figure whose extraordinary life is a study in self-invention. Born into an age when women could neither own property once married nor vote, Barrett Browning seized control of her private income, overcame long-term illness, eloped to revolutionary Italy with Browning, and achieved lasting literary fame. A feminist icon, political activist, and international literary superstar, she inspired writers as diverse as Emily Dickinson, George Eliot, Rudyard Kipling, Oscar Wilde, and Virginia Woolf. The first biography of Barrett Browning in more than three decades, with unique access to the poet's abundant correspondence, Two-Way Mirror holds up a mirror to the woman, her art, and the art of biography itself"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781324002956
- Physical Description: xiv, 322 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
- Edition: First American edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : W. W. Norton & Company, 2021.
Content descriptions
Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Subject: | Browning, Elizabeth Barrett, 1806-1861. Poets, English > 19th century > Biography. |
Genre: | Biographies. |
Available copies
- 10 of 10 copies available at SPARK Libraries.
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Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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Albright Memorial Library | 92 BROWNIN (Text) | 50686016082518 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Alexander Hamilton Memorial Free Library | B BAR (Text) | 37268003116951 | AHMFL Biography | Available | - |
Cambria County Library | 821.8 B885S (Text) | 85131001808113 | CACM Non-Fiction | Available | - |
Dillsburg Area Public Library | Adults Browning Biography (Text) | 34001001399037 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Emmaus Public Library | B BROWNING (Text) | 36446002048059 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Paul Smith Library of Southern York County | Adults Browning Biography (Text) | 34318001193651 | Adult Area | Available | - |
Pottsville Free Public Library | 920.72 B821s (Text) | 30003009062611 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
Allentown Public Library | B BROWNING, E. (Text) | 34455007025287 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Bethlehem Main Library | B BROWNING (Text) | 33062009533515 | Adult Biography | Available | - |
Easton Main Library | BROWNING (Text) | 31901004538130 | Adult Biography | Available | - |