The Brownings' Correspondence: Volumes 25-27

FAIN: RQ-50794-14

Philip Kelley
Baylor University (Waco, TX 76798-7284)

Completion of editorial work on volumes 25-27 of the letters of prominent English writers Robert Browning (1812-1889) and Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861). (36 months)

The letters of Robert and Elizabeth Barrett Browning, scattered in 379 public and private collections, represent one of the largest and most comprehensive bodies of literary and social commentary on the nineteenth century. The aim of The Brownings' Correspondence, projected to be 40 volumes, is to publish the complete text of all the poets' letters with full annotations, thus making them accessible to a modern audience. This application requests three-year funding to edit volumes 25-27, September 1858-September 1860. During this time correspondents discuss a broad range of political, social, and cultural topics and personalities, including American slavery, Harriet Beecher Stowe, art, literature, Ruskin, Dumas, the Rossettis, Anthony Trollope, religion, the Pope, and women's rights. The primary focus, however, is Italian unification and the principals involved, e.g., Napoleon III and Cavour. EBB's poetry, especially her Poems Before Congress (1860), supports the cause.

Associated Products

The Brownings Correspondence Vol. 25-27 (Web Resource)
Title: The Brownings Correspondence Vol. 25-27
Author: Philip Kelley
Abstract: About the Edition An Online Edition of The Brownings’ Correspondence was not a consideration in 1984 when the first two volumes of the Print Edition were published. Fortunately, the text of all the correspondence was captured electronically, and by additional encoding the documents can be offered to readers online. Cross references in the annotations can, for the most part, be located by the search capabilities. At this time, illustrations from the Print Edition are not being displayed.
Year: 2014
Primary URL: http://www.browningscorrespondence.com

The Brownings Correspondence (Book)
Title: The Brownings Correspondence
Editor: Linda Lewis
Editor: Philip Kelley
Editor: Edward Hagen
Abstract: Print volume of The Brownings Correspondence Vol. 25, January 1858- December 1858.
Year: 2017
Publisher: Wedgstone Press
Type: Edited Volume
Type: Scholarly Edition
ISBN: 978-0-911459
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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