Elizabeth Barrett Browning

La raccolta Sonnets from the Portuguese di Elizabeth Barrett Browning si compone di 44 sonetti scritti in blank verse pubblicati nel 1850 e per la maggior parte dedicati al marito, poeta decadentista Robert Browning. L'opera poetica, di matrice profondamente romantica e simbolista, si distingue per aulicità e grande …

Referring to her olive-skinned complexion Robert Browning called his wife, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, "his little Portuguese." It is from this nickname that the title "Sonnets from the Portuguese" is derived. Sonnets from the Portuguese, a series of love poems from Elizabeth to her husband, is combined here with a …