The Poetry Of Robert Browning

Works by modern and Victorian critics are presented together with poems from each stage of Browning's literary career.

The Poetry Of Robert Browning Is A Major Study Of Browning And His Art. It Marks An Improvement Over The Earlier Studies Of Browning S Poetry In That Its Author Stopford A. Brooke Provides Abundant Information On The Victorian Age With Browning As The Focal Point. Each Chapter Of The Book Constitutes An Elaborate And Methodical Analysis Of Browning And His Works, Often From A Historical Perspective. The Contents Of The Book Have Been So Arranged As To Bring Out The Thematic Coherence And Continuity Of Development In Browning S Art. The Themes Studied Include: Nature, Human Life, Art, Womanhood, Passion Of Love And Renaissance.An Interesting Feature Of The Book Is That A Separate Chapter Has Been Devoted To Browning S Dramas. Throughout The Book The Author Endeavours To Draw Comparison Between Browning And His Contemporaries And Predecessors Such As Tennyson And Sordello. The Comparative And Contrastive Method Throws Much Light On The Continued Relevance And Universality Of Browning.This Book Is A Comprehensive And Well-Argued Study Of Browning S Poetical Works. It Will Be Of Special Use To Teachers And Students Apart From Scholars And Researchers Interested In Browning S Poetry.

Robert Browning's pre-eminent status amongst Victorian poets has endured despite the recent broadening of the literary canon. He is the main practitioner of the period's most important poetic genre, the dramatic monologue, while his engagement with many aspects of nineteenth-century culture makes him a key figure in the wider field of Victorian studies. This stimulating introduction to Browning criticism provides an overview of the major responses to the poet's work over the last two hundred years. It offers an insightful guide to criticism from various theoretical perspectives, elucidating Browning's participation in Victorian debates about aesthetics, history, politics, religion, gender and psychology.

This carefully crafted ebook: "My Last Duchess (Unabridged)" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents. "My Last Duchess" is a poem, frequently anthologised as an example of the dramatic monologue. It first appeared in 1842 in Browning's Dramatic Lyrics. The poem is written in 28 rhymed couplets of iambic pentameter. The poem is set during the late Italian Renaissance. The speaker (presumably the Duke of Ferrara) is giving the emissary of the family of his prospective new wife (presumably a third or fourth since Browning could have easily written 'second' but did not do so) a tour of the artworks in his home. He draws a curtain to reveal a painting of a woman, explaining that it is a portrait of his late wife; he invites his guest to sit and look at the painting. Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, and in particular the dramatic monologue, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. His poems are known for their irony, characterization, dark humor, social commentary, historical settings, and challenging vocabulary and syntax. The speakers in his poems are often musicians or painters whose work functions as a metaphor for poetry.