Juliusz Słowacki was born on 4 September 1809 in Krzemieniec, in Volhynia, a town then located within the Russian Empire and now known as Kremenets in Ukraine. He died in Paris on 3 April 1849, not yet forty years old, but by then he had produced a body of poetry and drama of extraordinary range, daring, and linguistic power. Together with Adam Mickiewicz and Zygmunt Krasiński, he stands among the central figures of…
“Now I wake each morning inwardly cheerful, and remain so for the whole day, ready to bathe everyone who approaches in the light of my spirit and fill them with joy until they fall into harmony with me.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, Love Poets, Mystical & Spiritual Poets, Political Poets, Romantic Poets
Emotional landscape: Longing, Sorrow, Spirituality
Robert Browning was born on 7 May 1812 at Southampton Cottage, Camberwell, then a semi-rural district south of London, and died on 12 December 1889 in Venice. Few English poets have combined such audacity of intellect, dramatic energy, moral curiosity, and technical resourcefulness. During his lifetime he moved from the position of a puzzling, frequently mocked young writer to that of a revered elder of Victorian let…
“It is all teaching, and the people hate to be taught.”
Neighbourhood:
Dramatic Poets, Love Poets, Pre-Raphaelite Poets, Victorian Poets
Emotional landscape: Tenderness, Longing, Wonder
