Text Study Background Information 1.Robert Browning Robert Browning was born in a rich family in 1812.His father,a clerk of the Bank of England,was a learned man with a library of 6,000 volumes and an amateur of art and literature. (Robert Browning, 1812-1889) a巡E砂
Robert Browning was born in a rich family in 1812. His father, a clerk of the Bank of England, was a learned man with a library of 6,000 volumes and an amateur of art and literature. 1. Robert Browning Text Study Background Information (Robert Browning, 1812-1889)
Text Study:Background Information Robert was educated almost entirely at home,his mother teaching him music and his father giving him an introduction to Greek and Roman classics, the Italian Renaissance poets and 18th century English literature.Under this literary education, Browning set his heart early on being a poet.He began to write poetry at 12
Text Study: Background Information Robert was educated almost entirely at home, his mother teaching him music and his father giving him an introduction to Greek and Roman classics, the Italian Renaissance poets and 18th century English literature. Under this literary education, Browning set his heart early on being a poet. He began to write poetry at 12
Text Study Background Information 2.Elizabeth Browning Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), wife of Robert Browning the poet,who was six year younger than her,came from a well-to- do family.She enjoyed a happy childhood in the countryside. But when she was fifteen,a fall from her horse injured her (Elizabeth Browning, spine(脊梁骨)and from then on 1806-1861) she became a helpless invalid confined to her own room. To Be Continued
Elizabeth Barrett (1806-1861), wife of Robert Browning the poet, who was six year younger than her, came from a well-todo family. She enjoyed a happy childhood in the countryside. But when she was fifteen, a fall from her horse injured her spine(脊梁骨) and from then on she became a helpless invalid confined to her own room. Text Study :Background Information (Elizabeth Browning, 1806-1861) 2. Elizabeth Browning
Text Study:Background Information When she was 13,her father published privately what she called her“great epic(史诗)”， "The Battle of Marathon".All her life she suffered from poor health and perhaps in some measure accounted for her great sympathy for human misery. She has been known chiefly for her sonnet- sequence,Sonnet from the Portuguese(葡萄牙十 四行诗)(1850)，love poems dedicated to her husband,which contain very subtle(细腻的) sentiments
Text Study: Background Information When she was 13, her father published privately what she called her “great epic(史诗)”, “The Battle of Marathon”. All her life she suffered from poor health and perhaps in some measure accounted for her great sympathy for human misery. She has been known chiefly for her sonnetsequence, Sonnet from the Portuguese (葡萄牙十 四行诗) (1850), love poems dedicated to her husband, which contain very subtle(细腻的) sentiments
Text Study:Background Information and delicate feelings expressed in beautiful language.But her father had forbidden all 12 of his sons and daughters to marry. This is why we have such a story now
Text Study: Background Information and delicate feelings expressed in beautiful language. But her father had forbidden all 12 of his sons and daughters to marry. This is why we have such a story now