Altick is Regent's Professor Emeritus of English at The Ohio State University. Chaucer, Shakespeare, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, and many others surrender previously unrevealed secrets to these dogged researchers, whose ceaseless sleuthing has increased our knowledge and appreciation of both literature and the people who created it. From the exposure of British rare book dealer Thomas WiseÃ¢â¬âthe most famous authority of his dayÃ¢â¬âas a master forger of first editions to the discovery of thousands of new James Boswell papers, Altick shows the scholar at work. His book, then, as popular reading is first-rate, solid, rewarding, and livelyÃ¢â¬? Ã¢â¬âThe Nation Ã¢â¬Åa brisk, well-written bookÃ¢â¬? Ã¢â¬âTime Ã¢â¬ÅThis is a volume of gracefully written essays celebrating the feats of literary detective work performed by scores of learned men and women passionately in love with the minutiae of literary scholarships.Ã¢â¬? Ã¢â¬âThe New York Times Ã¢â¬Åa more fascinating recital than any fictional mystery story, and its detectives are, it leads us to believe, more interesting in themselvesÃ¢â¬âthey are not mousy researchersÃ¢â¬âthan fictional private eyesÃ¢â¬? Ã¢â¬âThe Boston Globe Richard Altick's classic portrayal of scholars on the prowl has delighted generations of readers.

Browning suffered from numerous illnesses throughout her life, eventually succumbing in Florence at the age of 55.Ã¢â¬Å∺ carefully detailed but by no means dull account of the more dignified pursuit of detection as practiced by literary scholars.Ã¢â¬? Ã¢â¬âKirkus Reviews Ã¢â¬Å∺lthough [Altick' sensibly mentions that research may be a misadventure, he naturally enough plays up its glamour and romance and its fascination for the scholar is transmitted to the reader.

She is most famous for her Sonnets from the Portuguese, a collection of 44 love poems published in 1850, and Aurora Leigh, an 1856 epic poem described by leading Victorian critic John Ruskin as the greatest long poem written in the nineteenth century. Browning went on to be recognized as one of the foremost poets of early Victorian England, influencing such writers as Edgar Allen Poe and Emily Dickinson. She began writing poems at a young age, finding success with the 1844 publication of Poems.

Her marriage to the prominent Victorian poet Robert Browning caused the final break between Browning and her family, after which she moved to Italy and lived there with Robert for the rest of her life. The daughter of a wealthy family-her father made his fortune as a slave owner in Jamaica, while her mother’s family owned and operated sugar plantations, mills, and ships-Browning eventually became an abolitionist and advocate for child labor laws. Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-1861) was an English poet.

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