by alexis_basso1 | Nov 25, 2020 | Power and In/Justice
The Moral Ambiguity of Anti-Slavery: How Elizabeth Barrett Browning & Robert Browning Profiting From Slavery Reveals the Dubious Ethics of Early Anti-Slavery Movements Racial tensions—especially during the nineteenth century—divided the world. While many...
by caitlin_consolver1 | Oct 7, 2020 | Power and In/Justice
Complicit Activism The Brownings lived in a brutal time, as one of humanity’s most evil institutions was legally protected and a foundation of the world economy: slavery. The Brownings’ families themselves were directly complicit in slavery, both of their lineages...
by Gabriela | Oct 5, 2020 | Power and In/Justice
What is in “A Face”? Robert Browning’s poem “A Face” (published 1864) was written in response to Coventry Patmore’s The Angel in the House. While published in 1864, the poem was written by Robert twelve years earlier for Ms. Emily...
by bridget_chagollan1 | Oct 5, 2020 | Power and In/Justice
Elizabeth Struggling to Express Herself in a Disapproving Society Elizabeth Barrett Browning, as passionate as she was about speaking out against all forms of oppression, lived in a time where it was not commonplace for women to speak about the strong emotions they...
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