Elizabeth Barrett Browning vs. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
1806 – 1861
Elizabeth Barrett Browning was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death. Her work received renewed attention following the feminist scholarship of the 1970s and 1980s, and greater recognition of women writers in English. Born in County Durham, the eldest of 12 children, Elizabeth Barrett wrote poetry from the age of eleven.
"How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.I love thee to the depth and breadth and heightMy soul can reach"
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
1749 – 1832
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German polymath who is widely regarded as the most influential writer in the German language. His work has had a wide-ranging influence on literary, political, Christian views, and philosophical thought in the Western world from the late 18th century to the present. A poet, playwright, novelist, scientist, statesman, theatre-director, and critic, Goethe wrote a wide range of works, including plays, poetry and aesthetic criticism, as well as treatises on botany, anatomy, and colour.
"If I love you, what business is it of yours?"
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