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'I CRY ALOUD IN MY POET-PASSION': ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING CLAIMING POLITICAL 'PLACE' THROUGH POEMS BEFORE CONGRESS

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From: Browning Society Notes
Date: 20070301
Author:Woodworth, Elizabeth D

From a young age, Elizabeth Barrett Browning was interested in and commented upon political events: at six years old, she composed four lines on the injustice of press-gangs.1 Throughout her life, she wrote many poems reflecting her knowledge of political events: Greek democracy (ancient and contemporary), the Spanish revolution, Napoleon Fs exploits, child labour, slavery, the Italian Risorgimento.2 In 1860, when she published Poems Before Congress (PBC), she stepped directly onto the political stage, addressing a political entity, raising her poetic voice to comment directly on politics as ...

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