Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Latin Library: a Historiographical Approach

Abstract

This article seeks to delimit and define Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s (EBB) type of approach to Latin and Latin literature, drawing on the analysis of her personal library.
We will therefore examine EBB’s learning process, bearing in mind both the manuals and academic textbooks she used, as well as the friends and personal connections who guided her in her approach to Classical studies. This information will allow us to judge whether EBB’s interest in this matter corresponds to a personal option or was rather determined by other circumstances.