Augusta Webster, A Woman Sold and Other Poems. 1st ed. 1867 (ABLibrary 19thCent PR5766.W2 W66 1867) Rare Item Analysis by Carina Zuniga Augusta Webster succeeded Robert Browning and Lord Alfred Tennyson in her use of the dramatic monologue, but she added a flare of…
John Keble. The Christian Year: Thoughts in Verse for the Sundays and holydays throughout the Year. 2nd ed. Oxford: Printed by W. Baxter, for J. Parker and C. and J. Rivington, 1827 (ABL 19thC Collection PR4839.K15 C4 1827) Charlotte M. Yonge. Musings over the “Christian…
Alfred Tennyson, In Memoriam. Third ed. London: Edward Moxon, 1850 with inscription and annotations. (ABLibrary Rare X 821.81 T312in 1850b) Rare Item Analysis: Early Edition of In Memoriam owned by Emily Jesse (née Tennyson) by Meg Wilder The Armstrong Browning Library holds a unique item…
Robert Browning, Bells and Pomegranates (1841-46) pamphlet collection copy six in eight parts (ABLibrary Rare X 821.83 P1 M937b c.6) Rare Item Analysis: by Alexa Welch Robert Browning published his famous work, Bells and Pomegranates, in the form of eight separate pamphlets. The purpose of…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Aurora Leigh, 4th ed. inscribed to W. M. Rossetti from the Authoress with frontispiece of EBB (Browning Guide C0013.1) EBB engraving for the 4th ed. of Aurora Leigh touched up by Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Engraving by T.O. Barlow based on a photograph by…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Manuscript draft of Aurora Leigh, I.9-28, 204-207 on a page numbered 7 (Browning Guide D0051) EBB Proof Corrections for Aurora Leigh, pg 151-154 of the first edition (Browning Guide D0058) EBB Proof Corrections for Aurora Leigh on page headed “Aurora Leigh–4th edition,” postdating the fourth edition…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Draft of Sonnet 5 from Sonnets from the Portuguese (Browning Guide D0876.5) Rare Item Analysis: by Meagan Smith Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s draft of Sonnet V from the Sonnets of the Portuguese can be found in the Browning Collection (http://www.browningguide.org/ number D0876.5) of…
The Liberty Bell. Boston: American Anti-Slavery Society, 1848 containing the first appearance of EBB’s “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point” (ABLibrary Rare X 326 C4661 1848) Rare Item Analysis: “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point” in The Liberty Bell (1848) by Bahar Saber Elizabeth Barrett…
Letters: 7 February 1885 Alfred Lord Tennyson to Roden Noel 13 February 1887 Alfred Lord Tennyson to Roden Noel Rare Item Analysis: A Look at Rare Letters: How Personal Correspondences Portray Tennyson’s Public Image by Drake Osborn Lord Alfred Tennyson was one of the…
Letter: 2 March [1857] Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Jane Wills-Sanford Rare Item Analysis: by Sarah Norman A digital copy of the letter can be found in the Browning Letters database maintained by the Armstrong Browning Library at Baylor University: http://digitalcollections.baylor.edu/cdm/fullbrowser/collection/ab-letters/id/11152/rv/compoundobject/cpd/11158/rec/1 . In the…