The Brownings On The Power of Love

The Third Generation of Romantic poets, following the more prominent First Generation (such as William Wordsworth and Samuel Taylor Coleridge) and the Second Generation (including Lord Byron, Percy Bysshe Shelley, and John Keats), consists of poets who maintained and developed the Romantic tradition into the mid-19th century likeGeorge Darley, who we spoke about in our last installment as well as the tragic Thomas Beddoes and others.However, consistently it is The Brownings that are often mentioned among the very best third generation Romantic Era Poets.and victorian era scribes. It is fair to say that The Brownings along with Lord Tennyson, who we’ll highlight tomorrow were the bridge or transition from Romantic era to Victorian era.Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Robert Browning were two of the most renowned poets of all time. They were known for their passionate love as well as their prolific bodies of work. Their love story is one for the ages...