Robert Browning is customarily regarded as a dramatic poet whose works are separate and distinct from himself. This biography proposes a different view of the poet and his poems. Every one of his works is regarded in the same way that Browning himself regarded it; as a performance in which the author plays a part, as producer, presenter, or actor, or sometimes all three; and each is examined as part of a constantly revised script entitled
Presenting Robert Browning
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Preface.
Abbreviations.
1. Growing up in Camberwell.
2. Into the World.
3. Taking Stock: Sordello.
4. Bells and Pomegranates.
5. Courtship and the Early Years of Marriage.
6. At Home and Abroad, 1850-54.
7. Men and Women.
8. The Last Years Together.
9. In London Again.
10. The Ring and the Book.
11. Memory and Desire.
12. Redefining Poetry.
13. Fame is the Spur.
14. An Idyllic Interlude.
15. Looking Backwards and Forwards:The Parleyings.
16. Death in Venice and Burial in London.
Epilogue.
Notes.
Selected Bibliography.
Index.
The best introduction to the entirety of Browning's career. The most significant aspects of life, writing, theme, development, contemporary reception, and 20th-century criticism are presented with great clarity and efficiency. Ryals's mastery of his subject is unrivaled.
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