The Ring and the Book (Paperback)

Robert Browning

ISBN 10: 1551113724 / ISBN 13: 9781551113722

Published by Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough, 2001

Paperback. In June, 1860, Browning purchased an old yellow book from a bookstall in Florence. The book contained legal briefs, pamphlets, and letters relating to a case that had been tried in 1698 involving a child bride, a disguised priest, a triple murder, four hangings and the beheading of a nobleman. Browning resolved to use it as the source for a poem. The result, The Ring and the Book, is certainly one of the most important long poems of the Victorian era and is arguably Brownings greatest work.Basing their edition on the 188889 version of the poem, Altick and Collins include the last corrections Browning intended before his death. In addition to a substantial introduction, this Broadview Literary Texts edition also includes selections from Brownings correspondence, and contemporary reviews and reactions to the work. Altick and Collins offer us the most reader-friendly text of Brownings great work along with pithy, concise notes and splendidly compact, lucid background to the text and its creation. John Maynard, New York University Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781551113722

Synopsis:

In June, 1860, Browning purchased an “old yellow book” from a bookstall in Florence. The book contained legal briefs, pamphlets, and letters relating to a case that had been tried in 1698 involving a child bride, a disguised priest, a triple murder, four hangings and the beheading of a nobleman. Browning resolved to use it as the source for a poem. The result, The Ring and the Book, is certainly one of the most important long poems of the Victorian era and is arguably Browning’s greatest work.

Basing their edition on the 1888–89 version of the poem, Altick and Collins include the last corrections Browning intended before his death. In addition to a substantial introduction, this Broadview Literary Texts edition also includes selections from Browning’s correspondence, and contemporary reviews and reactions to the work.

About the Author:

Thomas J. Collins is (along with Vivienne J. Rundle) co-editor of the Broadview Anthology of Victorian Poetry and Poetic Theory. He is also the co-editor (with John Pettigrew) of Browning: The Poems, 2 vols. (Penguin), and (with R.J. Shroyer) of A Concordance to the Poems and Plays of Robert Browning, 7 vols. (AMS Press).

Richard D. Altick is Regents’ Professor of English, Emeritus, at Ohio State University. He has written and edited many books on the Victorian era, including the Penguin edition (now out of print) of The Ring and the Book.

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Ring and the Book (Paperback)
Publisher: Broadview Press Ltd, Peterborough
Publication Date: 2001
Binding: Paperback
Condition: new