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…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Draft of “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point” (Browning Guide D0800 and D0802) Rare Item Analysis: by Allie Matherne The pre-fair copy manuscript of “The Runaway Slave at Pilgrim’s Point,” located in the Browning Letters and Manuscripts collection at Armstrong…
Christina Rossetti Verses. London: Privately printed at G. Polidori’s, 1847 (ABLibrary 19thCent PR5237.V4 1847) Goblin Market and Other Poems 1862 First edition (ABLibrary 19thCent PR5237.G6 1862) Rare Item Analysis: by Chelsea Lee Christina Rossetti, most easily recognized and regarded for her poem “Goblin Market,” is…
Letters: 15 November 1868 Julia Wedgewood to Robert Browning 19 November 1868 Robert Browning to Julia Wedgewood 6 March 1869 Helena Faucit Martin to Robert Browning Rare Item analysis: Letters to Robert Browning: Browning Under Scrutiny by Allison Le Grice Between 1868 and 1869, Robert…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning Manuscript containing early poem drafts relating to “The Cry of the Children” (Browning Guide D0782): “Rock me softly–softly mother” “O pardon dear lady, for standing unsightly” Rare Item Analysis: By Tyler Cagle My rare item was a journal of Elizabeth…
Elizabeth Barrett Browning to John Kenyon, mid-March, 1855 Elizabeth Barrett Browning to Jane Wills-Sanford, 2 March, 1857 Robert Bulwer Lytton to Elizabeth Barrett and Robert Browning, 26 December 1856 John Ruskin to Robert Browning, 27 November, 1856 The Reception of Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s…