Synopses & Reviews
Robert Browning (1812 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his runaway marriage to Elizabeth Barrett, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Brownings mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout his career, from such chillingly unforgettable monologues as My Last Duchess and Porphyria to the mature work included in his collection Dramatis Personae . This selection, edited by leading scholars, reveals the innovation, complexity and profound psychological insight that have ensured Brownings enduring reputation and his continuing appeal to readers today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Browning: Selected Poems results from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of the writers work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the development of Brownings art. An introduction and chronology offer useful background material, whilst annotations and headnotes provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception. This authoritative yet accessible selection should become the first point of reference for scholar, student and general reader alike.
John Woolford and Daniel Karlin are both Professors of English at the University of Sheffield.
Joseph Phelan is a Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature at De Montfort University.
Synopsis
Longman Annotated English Poets introduces a new selected poems edition of Robert Brownings work.
- A completely fresh reappraisal of the canon, text and context of Brownings work
- Contains introduction and chronology with useful background material
- Annotations and headnotes provide details of composition, publication, sources, and contemporary reception.
Synopsis
Robert Browning (1812 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his elopement and marriage to Elizabeth Barratt, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Brownings mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout his career, from such chillingly unforgettable monologues as My Last Duchess and Porphyria to the mature work included in his collection Dramatis Personae. This selection, chosen by leading scholars, reveals the innovation, complexity and profound psychological insight that have ensured Brownings enduring reputation and his continuing appeal to readers today.
Browning: Selected Poems results from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of the writers work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the development of Brownings art. An introduction and chronology offer useful background material, whilst annotations and headnotes provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception. This authoritative yet accessible selection should become the first point of reference for scholar, student and general reader alike.
Synopsis
Robert Browning (1812 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his elopement and marriage to Elizabeth Barratt, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Brownings mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout his career, from such chillingly unforgettable monologues as My Last Duchess and Porphyria to the mature work included in his collection Dramatis Personae. This selection, chosen by leading scholars, reveals the innovation, complexity and profound psychological insight that have ensured Brownings enduring reputation and his continuing appeal to readers today.
Browning: Selected Poems results from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of the writers work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the development of Brownings art. An introduction and chronology offer useful background material, whilst annotations and headnotes provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception. This authoritative yet accessible selection should become the first point of reference for scholar, student and general reader alike.
Synopsis
Robert Browning (1812 1889) was one of the defining figures of the Victorian age. Famous in his lifetime for his runaway marriage to Elizabeth Barrett, his critical reputation grew steadily in the years following her early death. Brownings mastery of dramatic verse was evident throughout his career, from such chillingly unforgettable monologues as My Last Duchess and Porphyria to the mature work included in his collection Dramatis Personae . This selection, edited by leading scholars, reveals the innovation, complexity and profound psychological insight that have ensured Brownings enduring reputation and his continuing appeal to readers today. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Browning: Selected Poems results from a completely fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of the writers work. The poems are presented in the order of their composition and in the text in which they were first published, giving a unique insight into the development of Brownings art. An introduction and chronology offer useful background material, whilst annotations and headnotes provide details of composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception. This authoritative yet accessible selection should become the first point of reference for scholar, student and general reader alike.
John Woolford and Daniel Karlin are both Professors of English at the University of Sheffield.
Joseph Phelan is a Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature at De Montfort University.
About the Author
John Woolford and Daniel Karlin are both Professors of English at the University of Sheffield.
Joseph Phelan is a Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature at De Montfort University.
Table of Contents
Introduction
- Pauline
- Porphyria
- Johannes Agricola
- Pippa Passes
- The Pied Piper of Hamelin
- Waring
- My Last Duchess
- Soliloquy of the Spanish Cloister
- The Lost Leader
- The Laboratory
- Garden Fancies
- “How They Brought the Good News from Ghent to Aix”
- Pictor Ignotus
- Tomb at St Praxed's
- Italy in England
- Home-Thoughts, from Abroad
- England in Italy
- In a Year
- Evelyn Hope
- Bishop Blougram's Apology
- The Patriot
- Respectability
- “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower came”
- A Toccata of Galuppi's
- A Lovers' Quarrel
- Andrea del Sarto
- Old Pictures in Florence
- How it Strikes a Contemporary
- Popularity
- By the Fire-side bsp;
- Fra Lippo Lippi
- An Epistle Containing the Strange Medical Experience of Karshish, the Arab Physician
- Love Among the Ruins
- Holy-Cross Day
- Memorabilia
- Two in the Campagna
- Cleon
- A Grammarians Funeral
- One Word More
- Caliban Upon Setebos
- A Likeness
- Rabbi Ben Ezra
- James Lee
- Dîs Aliter Visum
- Youth and Art
- Apparent Failure
- A Death in the Desert
- Abt Vogler
- Mr Sludge, “the Medium”
Appendix A: Essay on Shelley
Appendix B: Ruskins Letter to Browning about Men and Women, and Brownings reply
Appendix C: Bells and Pomegranates, Men and Women, and Dramatis Personae