P resently among scholars Elizabeth Barrett Browning (whom I will hereafter refer to as "EBB") tends to be studied in the light of political, cultural, and social concerns. Aurora Leigh, has been brilliantly analyzed for its autobiographical content that explores EBB as a poet expounding on women's rights and the role of the woman as poet.
See The Victorian Web's section on Aurora Leigh for analysis and links.

Painting of the inside of Casa Guidi, the Browning's home in Italy.

In a Victorian Conference held at the University of Texas at Austin on October 9, 2003, scholars gathered to present essays on EBB.

The first lecture, "Transnational Womanhood" by Beverly Taylor, used EBB's Poems Before Congress to argue that EBB was indeed, as she called herself in one letter, "A citizeness of the world." She focused on EBB as a poetess, woman, and mother with a forward-thinking, culturally sensitive mentality.

The second lecture, "Elizabeth Barrett Browning’s Casa Guidi Windows: Italian Nationalism and the Great Exhibition" by Arnold Schmidt, presented a deeply political and historical take on EBB's Casa Guidi Windows.

The third lecture, "Manuscripts, Memorialization and Commodity Fetishism: The Dismemberment of the Elizabeth Barrett Browning Archives" by Marjorie Stone, was a call for the colloboration of scholars in the search for the lost and scattered manuscripts of EBB. It too, had a rather political slant.
See Notes on Victorian Conference Lecture for a report on these lectures.