Barrett Browning’s captures nature’s transcendent meaning through the image of the burning bush in “Aurora Leigh.” Also writing about the bush is Michael Lewis.
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Earth’s Crammed with Heaven
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Think of Work Sweat as “Odorous Oil”
Barrett Browning celebrates work in this sonnet, even as she alludes back to God’s curse on Adam in “Paradise Lost” and Genesis.
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Reading Aloud Enhances Relationships
Couples reading aloud to each other can create a special intimacy, as George Eliot and George Henry Lewes realized in the 19th century. The radio and then television brought an end to that activity.
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New Grandchild Born under a Dancing Star
To celebrate the birth of my new granddaughter, I turn to Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Shakespeare.
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