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The Ring and the Book, published serially in 1868-9, is one of the
most daring and innovative poems in the English language. The story
is based on the trial of an Italian nobleman, Guido Franceschini,
for the murder of his wife Pompilia in Rome in 1698. Browning's
discovery of the 'old yellow book', a bundle of legal documents and
letters relating to the trial, on a second-hand market stall in
Florence, sparked an imaginative engagement with this sordid tale
of domestic cruelty, adultery, and greed which grew, through four
years of arduous labour, into an epic peopled not by gods and
warriors but by concrete, recognizably human beings. Fusing the
technique of the dramatic monologue, the form he had made his own,
with the grandeur of classical epic and the vivid realism of the
modern novel, Browning created a unique hybrid form that allowed
him not only to bring to life an entire historical period but also
to reflect on the process of artistic creation itself -the forging
of the golden 'ring' of the poem from the 'pure crude fact' of its
historical original. This edition, comprising volumes 5 and 6 in
the acclaimed Longman Annotated English Poets edition of Browning's
poems, does full justice to the scope and depth of Browning's
achievement. The headnote in volume 5 gives an authoritative
account of the poem's composition, publication, sources, and
reception, making use of hitherto unpublished letters and textual
material. In addition to giving readers help, where needed, with
historical and linguistic comprehension, the notes track Browning's
formidable range of allusion, from the most erudite to the most
vulgar. The appendices in volume 6 present a selection from the
original sources, a list of variants from extant proofs, and key
passages from Browning's fascinating and revealing correspondence
with one of the earliest readers of the poem, Julia Wedgwood. The
aim is to enable readers not just to understand the poem as an
object of study, but to take pleasure in its abounding intellectual
and emotional energies.
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. Browning's 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 Browning's 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 writer's
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 Browning's 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.
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. Browning's 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 Browning's 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 writer's
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 Browning's 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.
The Poems of Browning is a multi-volume edition of the poetry of
Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely fresh
appraisal of the canon, text and context of his 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
origins and development of Browning's art. Annotations and
headnotes, in keeping with the traditions of Longman Annotated
English Poets, are full and informative and provide details of
composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception.
Volumes one (1826-1840) and two (1841-1846) presented the poems
from his early years up to his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett,
including the dramatic poem Paracelsus (1835), which first brought
him to wide attention, and Sordello (1840), which confirmed him as
a poet of ambition and imagination. Volume three (1847-1861) of The
Poems of Browning covers the years of Browning's life in Italy with
his wife Elizabeth Barrett Browning. During the fifteen years of
his marriage and self-imposed exile, Browning produced
Christmas-Eve and Easter Day (1850), a major statement of his
religious philosophy, and Men and Women (1855), his greatest
collection of shorter poems. The poems of Men and Women, like all
Browning's work, are steeped in his wide and idiosyncratic
knowledge of literature, music, art, history, and popular culture,
but a new and distinctive touch comes from the sights, sounds and
textures of ordinary life in Italy. Based on a comprehensive study
of textual and contextual sources, including a significant amount
of hitherto undiscovered or unpublished manuscripts of poems and
letters, this volume offers the most complete and informative
edition of works that are central to Browning's achievement. In
addition, Browning's most important work of critical prose, the
Essay on Shelley, is presented in an appendix with full annotation,
and poems which refer to specific works of painting or sculpture
are illustrated with colour plates. Volumes four presents the
poetry Browning produced during the decade following the death of
his wife, including Dramatis Personae, which heralded a
re-evaluation of his critical reputation, and The Ring and the
Book, which many consider to be his greatest work. The Poems of
Browning represents the most informative and up-to-date edition of
the works of one of England's greatest poets.
Robert Browning (1812-89) rivals Tennyson as the major Victorian
poet with such important works as Dramatic Lyrics, Dramatic
Romances and Lyrics, Men and Women, Dramatic Personae and the
monumental The Ring and the Book. He is known for his development
of the dramatic monologue in which he recreated the world of
Renaissance Italy, and provided subtle and complex explorations of
character. Here, Daniel Karlin and John Woolford provide a thematic
survey of Browning's often difficult work, using key poems as a
common point of reference. The themes covered include: styles,
genres, the mind, the world, interaction and criticism. This
excellent survey will be of value to students of Victorian
literature and modernism.
The Poems of Browning is the first collected edition to be based on
the earliest printed texts, and to present these texts in order of
their composition.Together, volumes I and II provide an
authoritative and accessible tribute to this great poet. Volume I,
1826-1840 traces Browning's career up to the writing of Sordello.
It includes his only surviving juvenilia: The Dance of Death and
The First-Borm of Egypt; Pauline, his first anonymous publication,
and Paracelsus, the poem which made his literary reputation.
The Poems of Browning is the first collected edition to be based on
the earliest printed texts, and to present these texts in order of
their composition.Together, volumes I and II provide an
authoritative and accessible tribute to this great poet. Volume II,
1841-1846 includes Pippa Passes and many of the poems for which
Browning is best known and loved: My Last Duchess, The Pied Piper
of Hamelin, Home-Thoughts from Abroad, and The Lost Reader.
The Poems of Robert Browning is a multi-volume edition of the
poetry of Robert Browning (1812 -1889) resulting from a completely
fresh appraisal of the canon, text and context of his 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 origins and development of Browning's art. Annotations and
headnotes, in keeping with the traditions of Longman Annotated
English Poets, are full and informative and provide details of
composition, publication, sources and contemporary reception.
Volumes one (1826-1840) and two (1841-1846) presented the poems
from his Browning's early years, while volume three (1847-61)
covered the period of his marriage to Elizabeth Barrett and
residence in Italy. Volume four (1862-71) deals with the decade
following Elizabeth's death and Browning's return to England. These
years saw the appearance of some of his most significant work, and
a steady rise in his critical reputation.In Dramatis Personae
(1864), Browning uses his characteristic dramatic mode to expose
predicaments of thought and feeling, in characters ranging from
ShakespeareaaC--(t)s Caliban to the cheating medium, Mr Sludge;
other poems dramatize Browning's complicated feelings about the
deceptions and self-deceptions of romantic love. Balaustion's
Adventure (1871) is an engaging reworking of Euripides' Alcestis,
whose theme, the resurrection of a beloved lost wife, has poignant
personal resonance for Browning;while Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau,
published in the same year, offers a thinly-veiled account of the
life and actions of Napoleon III, the recently deposed Emperor of
France, over whom Browning and Elizabeth had quarrelled. In these
two long poems, Browning can be seen engaged in the dialogue with
Elizabeth that was to shape much of his work during the remainder
of his writing life
'The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ Moves on: nor all thy
Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a line Nor all thy
tears wash out a word of it.' In the 'rubaiyat' (short epigrammatic
poems) of the medieval Persian poet, mathematician, and philosopher
Omar Khayyam, Edward FitzGerald saw an unflinching challenge to the
illusions and consolations of mankind in every age. His version of
Omar is neither a translation nor an independent poem; sceptical of
divine providence and insistent on the pleasure of the passing
moment, its 'Orientalism' offers FitzGerald a powerful and
distinctive voice, in whose accents a whole Victorian generation
comes to life. Although the poem's vision is bleak, it is conveyed
in some of the most beautiful and haunting images in English poetry
- and some of the sharpest- edged. The poem sold no copies at all
on its first appearance in 1859, yet when it was 'discovered' two
years later its first admirers included Dante Gabriel Rossetti,
Swinburne, and Ruskin. Daniel Karlin's richly annotated edition
does justice to the scope and complexity of FitzGerald's lyrical
meditation on 'human death and fate'. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over
100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest
range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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The Major Works (Paperback)
Robert Browning; Edited by Adam Roberts; Introduction by Daniel Karlin
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This authoritative edition was originally published in the
acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of
Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of
Browning's poetry and prose chosen from the whole range of his
career to give the essence of his work and thinking. Browning's
work ranges from the beguiling magic of 'The Pied Piper of Hamelin'
to the epic book-length poem The Ring and the Book. This
comprehensive selection includes over eighty of his shorter poems,
amongst them his most famous and best-loved dramatic monologues, as
well as the complete text of many of his longer poems (Pauline,
Pippa Passes, 'Bishop Blougram's Apology'). It contains three books
from The Ring and the Book and Browning's only significant piece of
critical writing (the 'Essay on Shelley'). This edition also
selects generously from the love letters between Browning and
Elizabeth Barrett, as well as from Browning's more general
correspondence - letters which cast a unique light upon the poems
themselves, and poetry in general. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100
years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range
of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume
reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most
accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including
expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to
clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and
much more.
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She (Paperback)
H. Rider Haggard; Edited by Daniel Karlin
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'My empire is of the imagination.' These are the words of Ayesha,
the mysterious white queen of a Central African tribe, whose dread
title, 'She-who-must-be-obeyed', testifies to her undying beauty
and magical powers; but they serve equally well to describe the
hold of her author, Henry Rider Haggard, on generations of readers.
Writing 'at white heat', and in the flush of success after the
publication of King Solomon's Mines, Haggard drew again on his
knowledge of Africa and of ancient legends, but also on something
deeper and more disturbing. To the Englishmen who journey through
shipwreck, fever, and cannibals to her hidden realm, 'She' is the
goal of a quest bequeathed to them two thousand years before; to
Haggard's readers, 'She' is the embodiment of one of the most
potent and ambivalent figures of Western mythology, a female who is
both monstrous and desirable - and, without question, deadlier than
the male. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's
Classics has made available the widest range of literature from
around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's
commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a
wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions
by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text,
up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Stories and Poems (Paperback)
Rudyard Kipling; Edited by Daniel Karlin
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'Hear and attend and listen...' Rudyard Kipling is a supreme master
of the short story in English and a poet of brilliant gifts. His
energy and inventiveness poured themselves into every kind of tale,
from the bleakest of fables to the richest of comedies, and he
illuminated every aspect of human behaviour, of which he was a
fascinated (and sometimes appalled) observer. This generous
selection of stories and poems, first published in the acclaimed
Oxford Authors series, covers the full range of Kipling's career
from the youthful volumes that brought him fame as the chronicler
of British India, to the bittersweet fruits of age and bereavement
in the aftermath of the First World War. It includes stories such
as 'The Man who would be King', 'Mrs Bathurst', and 'Mary
Postgate', and poems from Barrack-Room Ballads and other
collections. In his introduction and notes Daniel Karlin addresses
the controversial political engagement of Kipling's art, and the
sources of its imaginative power.
Daniel Karlin has selected poetry written and published during the reign of Queen Victoria, (1837-1901). Giving pride of place to Tennyson, Robert Browning, and Christina Rossetti, the volume offers generous selections from other major poets such as Arnold, Emily Bronte, Hardy and Hopkins, and makes room for several poem-sequences in their entirety. It is wonderful, too, in its discovery and inclusion of eccentric, dissenting, un-Victorian voices, poets who squarely refuse to 'represent' their period. It also includes the work of Elizabeth Barrett Browning, George Meredith, James Thomson and Augusta Webster.
English is the 'second language' of A la recherche du temps perdu.
Although much has been written about Proust's debt to English
literature, especially Ruskin, Daniel Karlin is the first critic to
focus on his knowledge of the language itself - on vocabulary,
idiom, and etymology. He uncovers an 'English world' in Proust's
work, a world whose social comedy and artistic values reveal
surprising connections to some of the novel's central
preoccupations with sexuality and art. Anglomanie- the fashion for
all things English - has been as powerful a presence in French
culture as hostility to perfide Albion; Proust was both subject to
its influence, and a brilliant critic of its excesses. French
resistance to imported English words remains fierce to this day;
but Proust's attitude to this most contentious aspect of
Anglo-French relations was marked by his rejection of concepts of
national and racial 'purity', and his profound understanding of the
necessary 'impurity' of artistic creation.
In 1846 Elizabeth Barrett rose from an invalid's bed to elope to
Italy with Robert Browning. The secret courtship of the two
poets--their long correspondence and their meetings in the shadow
of Elizabeth's tyrannical father--has become one of the most
celebrated romances of literary history. Based on a more intense
study of the letters than has ever been attempted before, this book
gives a fresh account of the powerful myth of Browning's chivalrous
rescue and Barrett's miraculous recovery, examines anew the
character and motivation of the three principals, and demonstrates
what and important part the letters play in the interpretation of
both poet's work.
The love letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett are among
the most famous in history. Daniel Karlin's selection, based on a
fresh examination of the original manuscripts, provides new insight
into the clandestine correspondence which led to their elopement in
1846. These complex and subtle letters, in which they explored each
others needs and desires, passions and anxieties, tell the story of
how they waited many years to finally elope, overcoming certain
obstacles such as the neurotic presence of Elizabeth Barrett's
father, and the intense demands they made on one another.
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