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Poems Before Congress is a political poetry collection by English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, published in 1860. The book responds to contemporary European politics and is particularly associated with her support for the Italian Risorgimento, the movement for Italian unification. Its poems place Victorian literary expression alongside arguments about national independence and political responsibility.
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When was Elizabeth Barrett Browning's Poems Before Congress published?
Poems Before Congress was published in 1860. It appeared during a period of major political change in Europe and reflects Browning's interest in public affairs.
Why is Poems Before Congress connected with the Italian Risorgimento?
The collection expresses support for Italian national unity and the Risorgimento. Browning lived in Italy with Robert Browning and wrote sympathetically about the movement to create a unified Italian state.
What is the most famous poem in Poems Before Congress?
The collection is especially known for "The Dance of Death" and "A Curse for a Nation," although its political poems are read as a group. The book is more openly political than Browning's better-known love sonnets.
Who wrote Poems Before Congress?
It was written by Elizabeth Barrett Browning, the English Victorian poet who lived from 1806 to 1861. Her marriage to fellow poet Robert Browning and her years in Italy shaped much of her political writing.
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