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An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry — Robert Browning

An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry

Robert Browning

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 365 pages

This is Hiram Corson's critical introduction to the poetry of Robert Browning, combining essays and commentary with a letter from the poet. It offers guidance on Browning's themes, style, and intellectual range, helping listeners approach his work with greater understanding. A thoughtful companion for those interested in Victorian poetry and literary study.

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Contents

  1. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF ROBERT BROWNING’S POETRY
  2. PREFACE.
  3. INTRODUCTION.
  4. I. The Spiritual Ebb and Flow exhibited in English Poetry from Chaucer to Tennyson and Browning.
  5. Popularity.
  6. II. The Idea of Personality and of Art as an intermediate agency of Personality, as embodied in Browning’s Poetry.
  7. 1. General Remarks.
  8. 2. The Idea of Personality as embodied in Browning’s Poetry.
  9. 3. Art as an Intermediate Agency of Personality.
  10. III. Mr. Browning’s “Obscurity”.
  11. IV. Browning’s Verse.
  12. V. Arguments of the Poems.
  13. Wanting is—What?
  14. My Star.
  15. The Flight of the Duchess.
  16. The Last Ride Together.
  17. Prospice.
  18. Amphibian.
  19. James Lee’s Wife.
  20. A Tale.
  21. Confessions.
  22. Respectability.
  23. Home-Thoughts from Abroad.
  24. Home-Thoughts from the Sea.
  25. Old Pictures in Florence.
  26. Pictor Ignotus.
  27. Andrea del Sarto.
  28. Fra Lippo Lippi.
  29. A Face.
  30. The Bishop orders his Tomb.

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