Sonnets From The Portugese [Hardcover]

E.B. Browning (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 21, 1996

"I love your verse with all my heart, dear Miss Barrett . . . and I love you too," Robert Browning wrote in January 1845, thus initiating the most celebrated literary correspondence of the nineteenth century. During their courtship, Elizabeth privately wrote a series of forty-four sonnets to Robert, which she disclosed to no one -- not even to him -- until three years after their marriage. The poems were later collected in a volume entitled Sonnets form the Portuguese. In this elegant new edition, the poems are accompanied by relevant excerpts from Elizabeth and Robert's love letters. With an introduction by biographer Julia Markus, this volume will be a valued resource for the poetry scholar and those wanting wise and lyrical guidance in matters of love.

--This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Sonnets From The Portuguese (1-44, Complete)
-- Table of Poems from Poem Finder®

Product Details

• Hardcover: 93 pages
• Publisher: Ecco; 1st edition (July 21, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0880014512
• ISBN-13: 978-0880014519
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,120,813 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Wonderful Book of Poetry!, December 4, 2003

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Charlotte "gotshakespeare" (Charlotte, NC United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sonnets from the Portuguese (Paperback)

This is one of my sister's favorite books of poetry. Elizabeth Barret Browning delivers fluent beautiful poems. The English Love poetry is very well done. The history behind the title is that her husband's nickname for her was "my little Portugese"... this was a book of love poems for her husband, therefore called, "Sonnets from the Portugese"... isn't that sweet. Well... enjoy!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars For Romantics Only, October 11, 2006

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LuvKisselle (Philadelphia, PA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sonnets from the Portuguese (Paperback)

This sonnet sequence could be rather boring to the untrained eye. As an English major, I was able to appreciate Browning's strict following of the rules for sonnets (which are extremely hard to write well and forced me to give this book an extra star) and her diction. The history of the sonnet sequence is more interesting than the sonnets themselves. Yet there are quite a few poems that make you feel all gushy inside and make you want to go fall in love!