Films for the Humanities and Sciences - Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Not the Valentine’s Day cliché "How do I love thee?" nor the ever-loving half of The Barretts of Wimpole Street, this is the actual young Elizabeth Barrett, emotionally brutalized by an unbending father, who appeared to use her verses to distance herself from reality, the Mrs. Browning who in failing health continued to try to define herself and her feelings. The program, cast as an interview between Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s most recent biographer and an actress speaking lines drawn from the poet’s journals and poems, examines some of the inconsistencies between her poetic voice and her real-life persona. (26 minutes)

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