ROBERT BROWNING - a collection of critical essays

BLOOM, HAROLD & MUNICH, ADRIENNE

ISBN 10: 0137814844 / ISBN 13: 9780137814848

Published by Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs - N. J., 1979

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'Twentieth Century Views'. Cover illustration by Stanley Wyatt. Contents: 1). Harold Bloom: Introduction: Reading Browning. 2). George M. Ridenour: Four modes in the poetry of Robert Browning. 3). Ann Wordsworth: Browning's anxious gaze. 4). Leslie Brisman: Back to the first of all: 'By the fire-side' and Browning's romantic origins. 5). Loy D. Martin: The inside of time: An essay on the dramatic monologue. 6). John Kilham: Browning's 'modernity' 'The ring and the book' and relativism. 7). John Hollander: Robert Browning: the music of music. 8). Harold Bloom: Browning: good moments and ruined quests. 9). Robert Langbaum: Browning and the question of myth. 10). Adrienne Munich: Troops of shadows: Browning's types. 11). Richard Howard: November 1889. With notes, chronology of important dates and selected bibliography. The essay by John Hollander was previously unobtaineble. It identifies the detailed musical images found in Brownings writing. Robert Browning (1812 - 1889) was an English poet and playwright whose mastery of dramatic verse, especially dramatic monologues, made him one of the foremost Victorian poets. 207 pag. Size: 21cmx14,5cm. Seller Inventory # 027668

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Title: ROBERT BROWNING - a collection of critical ...

Publisher: Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs - N. J.

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hard bound with dustjacket

Condition: Good copy

Dust Jacket Condition: dust jacket minor edge wear

Edition: 1st edition.

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Such scholars as Robert Langbaum, Ann Wordsworth, and John Killham analyze Browning's poetry, drawing attention to styles, literary structure, and themes