I’m not very good at remembering these birth anniversaries but on Thursday it was the 130th anniversary of the birth of the great American #theatre #actor Katharine Cornell. She didn’t do films but there are recordings of her reading poetry (‘Sonnets from the Portuguese’ by Elizabeth Barrett Browning). I love her voice. http://www.elisarolle.com/queerplaces/klmno/Katharine%20Cornell.html #LGBTQ #KatharineCornell #20thCTheatre #AmericanTheatre #ElizabethBarrettBrowning

"Writing isolation—why Elizabeth Barrett Browning is the poet for our time."

The Victorian poet was a literary star in her own day but has fallen out of fashion.

#culture #literature #poetry #BarrettBrowning #ElizabethBarrettBrowning #Victorian #VictorianLiterature #isolation

https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/arts-and-books/elizabeth-barrett-browning-fiona-sampson-interview-lockdown

And now I am teaching #ElizabethBarrettBrowning to the first years, and they are 😍

Specifically, Sonnets from the Portuguese.

‘How Do I Love Thee?' (Sonnet 43) by Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace...

#Poetry #ElizabethBarrettBrowning

“Earth’s crammed with heaven, And every common bush afire with God: But only he who sees, takes off his shoes,”

– 'Aurora Leigh', Elizabeth Barrett Browning

#poem #poetry #God #holy #beauty #creation #Browning #ElizabethBarrettBrowning

Only he who sees takes off his shoes;
The rest sit round & pluck blackberries
#ElizabethBarrettBrowning