Browning's Hatreds

Browning was fascinated by hatred, returning again and again to the topic in his poetry. This study of Browning's hatreds and their influence on his work offers a striking new perspective on one of the greatest poets of human passion.

Summary

Browning was fascinated by hatred, returning again and again to the topic in his poetry. This study of Browning's hatreds and their influence on his work offers a striking new perspective on one of the greatest poets of human passion.

Foreword

By the author of The Courtship of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett OUP

Additional text

wide-ranging and informative study of Browning and hatred. ... Karlin employs his detailed scholarly knowledge to select and juxtapose dispersed passages that prove that the poet was consistently absorbed by styles of antithetical thought across the span of an immensely long career.

Product details

• Authors: Daniel Carlin, Daniel Karlin, Daniel (Reader in English Literature Karlin, Kenneth Ed. Karlin, Karlin Daniel
• Publisher: Oxford Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 15.07.1993
• EAN: 9780198112297
• ISBN: 978-0-19-811229-7
• Dimensions: 146 mm x 220 mm x 24 mm
• Weight: 478 g
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; English, LITERARY CRITICISM / Poetry, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, POETRY / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, LITERARY CRITICISM / Modern / 19th Century, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900, Literary studies: poetry & poets, Literary studies: poetry and poets