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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 origin
List of contents
123: Deaf and Dumb; 124: Caliban Upon Setebos; or Natural Theology in the Island; 125: Too Late; 126: Confessions; 127: A Likeness; 128: Rabbi Ben Ezra; 129: James Lee; 130: Gold Hair; 131: Dîs Aliter Visum; or, Le Byron de nos Jours; 132: Youth and Art; 133: The Worst of It; 134: Apparent Failure; 135: A Death in the Desert; 136: Abt Vogler (after he has been extemporizing upon the musical instrument of his invention); 137: Prospice; 138: Mr. Sludge, ¿EUR¿the Medium¿EUR?; 139: Epilogue; 140: Very Original Poem, written with even a greater endeavour than ordinary after intelligibility, and hitherto only published on the first leaf of the Author's Son's Account-book; 141: Lines for a picture by Leighton [Eurydice to Orpheus]; 142: Impromptu on Edward Burne-Jones (¿EUR¿Don't play with sharp tools'); 143: Hervé Riel; 144: Epigram on Swinburne; 145: Burlesque on the Pronunciation of ¿EUR¿Metamorphosis'; 146: A Round Robin; 147: Helen's Tower; 148: The Dogma Triumphant; 149: Mettle and Metal; 150: Balaustion's Adventure Including a Transcript from Euripides; 151: Prince Hohenstiel-Schwangau, Saviour of Society; 152: Epigram on Dickens
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Daniel Karlin is Winterstoke Professor of English Literature at the University of Bristol.
Joseph Phelan is a Reader in Nineteenth-Century Literature at De Montfort University.
John Woolford is Professor Emeritus of nineteenth-century literature and culture at the University of Manchester and Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Sheffield.
Summary
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 origin
