The Complete Critical Guide to Robert Browning

Accessibly written throughout, this guidebook covers biographical details, information on the historical and social contexts of Browning's work, an overview of the full range of his work and a survey of the major critical debates surrounding him and his work.

ISBN 041522232X   Pages 240 ISBN13 9780415222327 (What's this?)   Volumes 1 Publisher Taylor & Francis Ltd   Weight (grammes) 310 Imprint Routledge   Published in London Format Paperback   Series title Complete Critical Guide to English Literature Publication date 13 Sep 2001   Height (mm) 216 Non-book description x, 222 p. ;   Width (mm) 140 Library of Congress 2001032287   Spine width (mm) 14 DEWEY 821.8   Academic level Undergraduate DEWEY edition DC21

		Series editors' preface
		Acknowledgements
		Abbreviations and referencing
		Introduction
Pt. I		Life and Contexts		3
a		The early years: 1812-1832		5
b		The young writer: 1832-1846		11
c		The Italian years: 1846-1861		24
d		Widowerhood and old age: 1861-1889		33
Pt. II		Work		45
a		Early long poems		47
b		The dramatic monologue		60
c		Dramatic Lyrics and Dramatic Romances and Lyrics		66
d		Men and Women and Dramatis Personae		80
e		The Ring and the Book		100
f		The late poetry		115
Pt. III		Criticism		125
a		In and out of the canon: 1889-1979		129
b		Responses to the early long poems		136
c		The early monologues: a variety of approaches		150
d		The middle period work		169
e		The Ring and the Book: a novel poem		191
		Chronology		203
		Bibliography		207
		Index		215

"A series on which Routledge is to be congratulated."-Amy Freeman, University of Washington, for Contemporary Review "The major strengths of "The Complete Critical Guide To Robert Browning are its clarity, its comprehensiveness, and the judiciousness of its critical and theoretical discourse. Because of these qualities it will be useful to students and scholars alike."-Thomas J. Collins "A wonderfully deft introduction to the work of this crucial poet. Hawlin crosses and recrosses the expansive body of Browning's poetry with an expert touch and fertile concision. This guide manages to include an astonishing amount of material - biographical, poetic, critical and theoretical- without ever becoming cluttered, and its many sensitive readings of the poetry are full of marvellous insight and intelligence. This is certainly the best introduction to the poetry of Robert Browning available today."-Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London

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