the Barrett family

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The Barrett family is a prominent 19th-century English literary family best known for the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning and the dramatic tensions surrounding her strict, domineering father.

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Barrett family 2
Barrett family of the 19th century 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English family
literary family
associatedWith Anglo-Caribbean plantation wealth
Romantic poetry NERFINISHED
Victorian literature
centralConflict Elizabeth Barrett’s relationship with her father
centralEvent Elizabeth Barrett’s secret marriage to Robert Browning
characterizedBy literary interests
religious conservatism
strict paternal control
country United Kingdom
economicBasis Jamaican sugar plantations
hasHead Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett NERFINISHED
hasMember Alfred Barrett NERFINISHED
Arabella Barrett NERFINISHED
Charles Barrett NERFINISHED
Edward Barrett (grandfather of Elizabeth) NERFINISHED
Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Barrett Browning NERFINISHED
George Barrett NERFINISHED
Henrietta Barrett NERFINISHED
Mary Barrett NERFINISHED
Mary Graham-Clarke Barrett NERFINISHED
Octavius Barrett NERFINISHED
Samuel Barrett NERFINISHED
Septimus Barrett NERFINISHED
influenced Victorian cultural images of the tyrannical father
themes of parental authority in Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s poetry
knownFor internal family conflicts
producing the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning
strict patriarchal authority
language English
notableMember Edward Barrett Moulton-Barrett NERFINISHED
Elizabeth Barrett Browning NERFINISHED
Mary Graham-Clarke Barrett NERFINISHED
origin England NERFINISHED
portrayedIn The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1930 play) NERFINISHED
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934 film) NERFINISHED
The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1957 film) NERFINISHED
various television adaptations
religion Protestant Christianity
surface form: Protestantism
residence Herefordshire NERFINISHED
Hope End estate NERFINISHED
London, England
surface form: London

Sidmouth NERFINISHED
resultOfCentralEvent Elizabeth’s estrangement from her father
socialClass upper middle class
timePeriod 19th century
topicOf The Barretts of Wimpole Street NERFINISHED

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Arabella Barrett memberOf the Barrett family
this entity surface form: Barrett family
Edward Barrett notable family the Barrett family
this entity surface form: Barrett family of the 19th century
Arabella Barrett notableFamily the Barrett family
this entity surface form: Barrett family