The Poems of Robert Browning (Wordsworth Poetry Library) - Softcover

Browning, Robert

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853264180 ISBN 13: 9781853264184

Publisher: Wordsworth Editions, 1994

Synopsis

This Wordsworth Edition includes an exclusive Introduction by Dr Tim Cook.

Robert Browning (1812-1889) represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates how a poet must be a sharp perceptive observer of the complexity of the human condition.

Perhaps his most moving poetry was written to express his feelings for his wife, the poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning, in which he deals in a very ‘modern’ way with the uncomfortable fact that we can never quite bridge the gap between ourselves and the people we love.

About this title

Synopsis:

Robert Browning represents the intellectual and argumentative strand in English poetry, in contrast to the more ornate style of Spenser and Tennyson. His poetry demonstrates that a poet must be a sharp observer of the human condition. The most moving poems deal with his feelings for his wife.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wordsworth Editions
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 1853264180
• ISBN 13: 9781853264184
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 1056