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The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Six - The Ring and the Book, Books 7-12 (Hardcover): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph... The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Six - The Ring and the Book, Books 7-12 (Hardcover)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
R6,155 Discovery Miles 61 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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5 gives an authoritative account of the poem's composition, publication, sources, and reception, making use of hitherto unpublished letters and textual material.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.

The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five - The Ring and the Book, Books 1-6 (Hardcover): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph... The Poems of Robert Browning: Volume Five - The Ring and the Book, Books 1-6 (Hardcover)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
R6,341 Discovery Miles 63 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Robert Browning: Selected Poems - Selected Poems (Hardcover): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan Robert Browning: Selected Poems - Selected Poems (Hardcover)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
R3,986 Discovery Miles 39 860 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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: Selected Poems (Paperback): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan Robert Browning: Selected Poems (Paperback)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
R1,211 Discovery Miles 12 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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: Volume Three - 1846 - 1861 (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan The Poems of Browning: Volume Three - 1846 - 1861 (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
R8,436 Discovery Miles 84 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 (Paperback): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin Robert Browning (Paperback)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin
R1,158 Discovery Miles 11 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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: Volume Two - 1841-1846 (Hardcover, New): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin The Poems of Browning: Volume Two - 1841-1846 (Hardcover, New)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin
R1,635 Discovery Miles 16 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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 Browning: Volume One - 1826-1840 (Hardcover, New): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin The Poems of Browning: Volume One - 1826-1840 (Hardcover, New)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin
R6,368 Discovery Miles 63 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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.

Browning the Revisionary (Paperback, 1st ed. 1988): John Woolford, Daniel O'gorman Browning the Revisionary (Paperback, 1st ed. 1988)
John Woolford, Daniel O'gorman
R1,082 Discovery Miles 10 820 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Poems of Browning: Volume Four - 1862 - 1871 (Hardcover): John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan The Poems of Browning: Volume Four - 1862 - 1871 (Hardcover)
John Woolford, Daniel Karlin, Joseph Phelan
R6,644 Discovery Miles 66 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

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

'more Than Conqueror', Or, the Life of John Woodford, By, the Author of 'haste to the Rescue' (Hardcover):... 'more Than Conqueror', Or, the Life of John Woodford, By, the Author of 'haste to the Rescue' (Hardcover)
Julia Bainbrigge Wightman, John Woolford
R762 Discovery Miles 7 620 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Robert Browning (Hardcover): John Woolford Robert Browning (Hardcover)
John Woolford
R2,475 Discovery Miles 24 750 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Browning has been identified as the greatest nineteenth century poet of human psychology, but the category most popular in his own time defined him as a poet of 'the grotesque'. In this book, John Woolford undertakes to specify the precise meaning and scope of this term, in the process placing him in a major aesthetic tradition running from the Romantic Sublime through to modern concepts and theorisations of the grotesque, such as the Bakhtinian. This study subsumes the other major critical discourse fertilised by his work, the 'dramatic monologue', but adds to that other notable features of it, such as its lucid language, and what has impeded his full appreciation hitherto, its difficulty. The study seeks, not to excuse but to explain and celebrate the intellectual white heat at which he worked, and to position all aspects of his output within a unified theory of its significance. Browning was arguably the cleverest of the English poets, but he was more than that: contemporary comparisons of him with Chaucer and Shakespeare are not misplaced.

More Than Conqueror - Or The Life Of John Woodford (1873) (Paperback): Julia Bainbrigge Wightman, John Woolford More Than Conqueror - Or The Life Of John Woodford (1873) (Paperback)
Julia Bainbrigge Wightman, John Woolford
R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone!

More Than Conqueror - Or The Life Of John Woodford (1873) (Paperback): Julia Bainbrigge Wightman, John Woolford More Than Conqueror - Or The Life Of John Woodford (1873) (Paperback)
Julia Bainbrigge Wightman, John Woolford
R523 Discovery Miles 5 230 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Robert Browning (Paperback, New edition): John Woolford Robert Browning (Paperback, New edition)
John Woolford
R974 Discovery Miles 9 740 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Browning has been identified as the greatest nineteenth century poet of human psychology, but the category most popular in his own time defined him as a poet of 'the grotesque'. In this book, John Woolford undertakes to specify the precise meaning and scope of this term, in the process placing him in a major aesthetic tradition running from the Romantic Sublime through to modern concepts and theorisations of the grotesque, such as the Bakhtinian. This study subsumes the other major critical discourse fertilised by his work, the 'dramatic monologue', but adds to that other notable features of it, such as its lucid language, and what has impeded his full appreciation hitherto, its difficulty. The study seeks, not to excuse but to explain and celebrate the intellectual white heat at which he worked, and to position all aspects of his output within a unified theory of its significance. Browning was arguably the cleverest of the English poets, but he was more than that: contemporary comparisons of him with Chaucer and Shakespeare are not misplaced.

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